The Celestial Whirligig

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Feb 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007eso..pres....7.&link_type=abstract

ESO Press Release, 02/2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has been delighting those who have seen it with the unaided eye as a spectacular display in the evening sky. Pushing ESO's New Technology Telescope to its limits, astronomers have obtained the first, and possibly unique, detailed observations of this object. Their images show spectacular jets of gas from the comet spiralling several thousands of kilometres into space, while the spectra reveal the presence of sodium in its atmosphere, something seen very rarely.

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