Image:Polaris and Comet Hyakutake lg.gif

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Source URL: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960501.html

Credit: Rick Scott and Joe Orman, near Florence Junction, Arizona, Courtesy Night of the Comet

Explanation: Comet Hyakutake is shown photographed the night of 27 March 1996 in Arizona, USA, with a cactus in the foreground. Polaris, the north star, is the bright star seen just to the upper right of the comet's head. Comet Hyakutake will not venture near the Sun again for another about 15,000 years.

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current	16:37, 13 June 2006	655×768 (349 KB)	Polaris999 (Talk \| contribs)	(Credit: Rick Scott and Joe Orman, near Florence Junction, Arizona, Courtesy Night of the Comet Explanation: Comet Hyakutake is shown photographed the night of March 27 in Arizona, USA, with a cactus in the foreground. Polaris, the north star, is the bri)