Gary, its the orbital plane of the comet projected onto the head, and appears as a sunward pointing spike, sometimes several degrees long.Chris_______________________________________________-----Original Message-----
From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of GARY HATFIELD
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:19 AM
To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
Subject: Re: [APML] Comet Machholz Oribital Plane crossing !Hi Chris, what's an "antitail"?Gary----- Original Message -----From: Chris SchurSent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:20 PMSubject: [APML] Comet Machholz Oribital Plane crossing !Ok, Ive run the calculations, the Earth will pass
through the orbital plane of the comet on December
25th this year - and allready it looks like a fabulous
dust tail is forming. This looks like a fabulous
opportunity to get a shot of something very rare - an
Antitail.
Chris Schur
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