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Look folks, these uk.sci.astronomy guys are stealing our thunder:


Douglas Ellison <mailbox@douglasellison.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a7qomc$n2qa6$1@ID-115030.news.dfncis.de...
| "jane.foster1" <jane.foster1@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
| news:yt5o8.2729$vT5.545397@news11-gui.server.ntli.net...
| > Hi Everyone,
| >
| > Can anyone tell me, if I have a picture of a comet eg Ikeya-Zhang,
and I
| > know where and when it was taken, is there any way I can prove
that the
| tail
| > is pointing away from the sun.
| >
| > Cheers,
| > Amy
|
| Well - looking at Ikeya Zhang in the western sky at dusk - the sun
is below
| it - the tail pointing upwards  !
|
|
|
|       #
|       #
|       #
|        |
|       @         Comet
|
|
|
| -----------  Horizon
|
|    SUN
|
|
| See !!
|
| Doug