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Subaru archive catches a rare ‘naked’ comet at just the right angle
Key Takeaways
- Researchers found archival Subaru Telescope images of comet 28P/Neujmin at an unusually favorable viewing angle.
- Because the comet was more than 10 AU from the Sun, coma contamination was minimized and the nucleus could be studied more directly.
- The result shows how observatory archives can produce new science years after the original observations were made.
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DT Editorial Team··via universetoday.com