The gigantic coma,the luminescent cloud constituting the majority of the head,of Comet Hyakutake,C/1996 B2,seen here as it sublimates off the nucleus of the comet and forms the comets dust tail on March 23,1996. A comet this intrinsically bright has not passed this close to the Earth since 1556 | |
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