Total Eclipse and Comets

Posted on April 18, 2024  •  1 minutes  • 116 words

图文来源自：nasa. copyright: Lin Zixuan

Not one, but two comets appeared near the Sun during .The expected comet was , but it was disappointingly dimmer than many had hoped.However, relatively unknown in long duration camera exposures. was the 5008th comet identified on images taken by & ’s Sun-orbiting . Likely much smaller, Comet SOHO-5008 was a sungrazer which as it passed too . The featured image is not only unusual for capturing during an eclipse, but one of the that a has been photographed from the Earth’s surface.Also visible in the image is the of and the planets (left) and (right). Of these planets and comets, only was easily visible to in the that on April 8.