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                                   2024 April 4   
      
                            Comet Pons-Brooks at Night   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett`   
      
      Explanation: In dark evening skies over June Lake, northern hemisphere,   
      planet Earth, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks stood just above the western   
      horizon on March 30. Its twisted turbulent ion tail and diffuse   
      greenish coma are captured in this two degree wide telescopic field of   
      view along with bright yellowish star Hamal also known as Alpha   
      Arietis. Now Pons-Brooks has moved out of the northern night though,   
      approaching perihelion on April 21. On April 8 you might still spot the   
      comet in daytime skies. But to do it, you will have to stand in the   
      path of totality and look away from the spectacle of an alluring solar   
      corona and totally eclipsed Sun.   
      
                NASA Coverage: Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 April 8   
                        Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space   
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