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Machholz Meets the Pleiades
On January 7, 2005, Comet Machholz swept northward, its long ion tail stretching out with the Pleiades star cluster in the background. This view, recorded with a telephoto lens, emphasizes faint, complex tail structures and the scene's blue and green colors. The comet's ion tail and greenish coma glow as gas molecules fluoresce in sunlight, merging with the blue, dust-reflected starlight of the Pleiades.
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In tropical astrology, 11 JAN 2005 falls under Capricorn (♑). The sign's window runs from 12-22 through 01-19. Capricorn is the dimmest zodiac constellation, but rich in deep-sky objects south of the celestial equator. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 11 JAN 2005.