Posted on Aug 21, 2022

APOD: 2022 August 20 - Stardust and Comet Tails

Maj William W. 'Bill' Price

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The last entry in today's backlog edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is this from August 20th: "Stardust and Comet Tails." The 'comet tail' is from Comet C2017/K2 (PanSTARRS), now travelling through the constellation Scorpius. The 'stardust' is from the Blue Horsehead Nebula (IC 4592), a reflection nebula which lies about 400 light years from Earth. PanSTARRS will be closest to the Sun on December 19th.

All caught up now. Hope you enjoyed today's APOD backlog edition.

APOD: 2022 August 20 - Stardust and Comet Tails

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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Super cool share from APOD Maj William W. 'Bill' Price

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CPL Douglas Chrysler

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Just like the song says.

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CPL Douglas Chrysler

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Nat King Cole - Stardust (with lyrics)

Sung by Nat King ColeMusic by Hoagy CarmichaelLyrics by Mitchell ParishNo copyright infringement intended.-----STARDUSTAnd now the purple dusk of twilight ti...

https://youtu.be/kzPLQpLAxc4

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PO2 Marco Monsalve

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Another great photo!!

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APOD: 2022 August 20 - Stardust and Comet Tails

APOD: 2022 August 20 - Stardust and Comet Tails

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