Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák

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On March 14, 2017, two weeks before its closest approach to Earth, comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák glides beneath the galaxy NGC 3198. The green glow comes from light emitted by diatomic carbon molecules.

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Copyright 2017 by Chis Schur, used with permission

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