Comet McNaught, further moving away from the sun, has begun to reveal its entire shape. The picture shows Comet McNaught captured by the constellation camera RobertaEat the ALMA Operations Support Facility (OSF) at 0:51, January 22, Universal Time (9:51, Japanese Standard Time). As you can see, the tail of the comet extending from its nucleus appears hugely over the sky. The lights in the bottom left are those of the ContractorsECamp.
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