eso_halley_wfcc_22_07_87-cc April 16th, 2013
Credit: ESO
This stunning image was captured by ESO's very own Wide Field Camera. Halley is the only short-period comet that is clearly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and thus the only naked-eye comet that might appear twice in a human lifetime.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/halley_wfcc_22_07_87-cc/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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