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Green Comet In Sky After 50,000 Years
By REDIFF NEWS
February 02, 2023 08:36 IST
The Green Comet -- Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) -- which last passed by Earth about 50,000 years ago. is expected to be most visible to stargazers this week.
IMAGE: The comet is seen journeying tens of millions of miles away from Earth in this telescope image. Photograph: Reuters
IMAGE: The green glow is the comet's coma, caused by glowing carbon gas, as reported by NASA. Photograph: Reuters
IMAGE: The Green Comet visible in the night sky. Photograph: Kind courtesy Edu INAF/wikipedia.org/Creative Commons
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com
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