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A spectacular comet can be one of the most beautiful objects in the sky. It’s gorgeous tail (or tails) can stretch quite a way across the sky. The fleeting but spectacular apparition of Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2) in 1996 was seen with the head close to Polaris and the tail reaching right down into Coma Berenices. A beautiful sight indeed.
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Eagle, D. (2014). The Solar System: Observing Comets. In: From Casual Stargazer to Amateur Astronomer. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8766-1_11
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