eso_halley_gpo_1386002-cc October 2nd, 2015
Credit: ESO
A beautiful image of Comet Halley and its tail during its last passage through the inner Solar System. This colour image was assembled by combining three individual exposures obtained on three separate photographic plates with the Grand Prisme Objectif telescope at La Silla in 1986.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/halley_gpo_1386002-cc/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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