Cosmic Light Show

Well there is one if only you have the right viewpoint, such as SOHO (the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory) has.

This picture of Comet ATLAS (see Astronomy Picture of the Day for 20/1/25) was taken by SOHO as the comet passed closest to the sun and shows at least six tails in four different colours. The dark circle to the lower edge is of course due to SOHO’s sun obscuring barrier.

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