Comet McNaught over the Pacific
The extended tail of Comet McNaught, seen from Paranal, observed in the evening of 18 January 2007, when the comet was setting behind the Pacific Ocean. The planet Venus is visible in the lower right of the image.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0705b |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 19 January 2007 |
| Related releases: | eso0705 |
| Size: | 4328 x 2837 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Comet McNaught |
| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Tail |
| Category: | Solar System |
