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Credit & Copyright: Kuiper Airborne Observatory,
NASA
Explanation:
Comet Halley was photographed superposed in front of the disk of our
Milky Way Galaxy in 1986 by the
Kuiper
Airborne Observatory. Comet Halley is the bright white streak near this photograph's center.
Comet Halley is the most
famous comet in history, and returns to the inner
Solar System every 76 years.
Stars visible in our
Milky Way Galaxy typically lie
millions of times farther in the distance and
orbit the
Galactic center every 250 million years.
Billions of
comets are thought to orbit our
Sun
but most do not get close enough for us to see.
Similarly, billions of stars orbit our Milky Way's center but do not get close enough for us to see.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: comet Halley - Milky Way
Publications with words: comet Halley - Milky Way
See also:
- APOD: 2024 May 29 Á Stairway to the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Milky Way Rising
- APOD: 2023 July 18 Á Milky Way above La Palma Observatory
- APOD: 2023 July 16 Á Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps
- APOD: 2023 July 2 Á Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica
- APOD: 2023 June 20 Á The Nandu in the Milky Way