Comet Leonard is wowing stargazers across Australia, putting on a cracker of a show to brighten the end of the year.
Amateur astronomer and astrophotographer Michael Mattiazzo, captured a stunning image of the comet from Swan Hill, Victoria"It's one of the best photos of a comet I've ever taken.
"It shows the comet just after a sudden eruption of gas and ice from the head of the comet, making it appear brighter and highlighting its dust and blue ionised gas tails."The eruption releases huge volumes of dust which produces the [dome around the head of the comet], and then you also see lovely filaments of ionised gas which stream away from the Sun and act like a solar windsock.
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