Comet ZTF and Mars
by Svilenka Dankova
Title
Comet ZTF and Mars
Artist
Svilenka Dankova
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Painting - Photograph
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No, Comet ZTF is not going to hit Mars. Nicknamed the Green Comet for its bright green coma, ZTF did, however, pass almost in front of the much-more distant planet a few days ago, very near in time to when the featured picture was taken. The two sky icons were here captured behind a famous Earth icon -- the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Italian Alps with a picturesque peak. Both the foreground and background images were taken on the same evening by the same camera and from the same location. The comet's white dust tail is visible to the right of the green coma, while the light blue ion tail trails towards the top of the image. Orange Mars is well in front of the numerous background stars as well as the dark nebula Barnard 22 to its lower right. Although Mars remains visible in the evening sky for the next few months, Comet ZTF has already begun to fade as it returns to the outer Solar System.
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February 13th, 2023
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