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Old 16-01-2007, 06:31 PM
tornado33
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Yes Hyakutake was specacular, but it got to just 0.1 AU from the Earth, and was a gas rich comet, a bright blue gas tail and not a lot of a dust tail. It was so close it spanned a good part of the sky and was high up in a perfectly dark sky. Imagine how Mcnaught would look if it was as bright as it is now but high up in a dark sky!

A good tail there Rob_k too
Scott
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