Astronomy Picture of the Day · February 7, 2023

A Comet and Two Dippers

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for February 7, 2023 is “A Comet and Two Dippers,” an image. The picture is copyrighted by its creator (Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava). The original explanation runs about 169 words.

The featured image shows Comet ZTF with a long tail between two famous star asterisms: the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper. The image depicts the Little Dipper near the top of the image, and the Big Dipper near the bottom. Please see the e — Credit: Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava Copyrighted Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“Can you still see the comet? Yes.”

— APOD editors, February 7, 2023

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date: February 7, 2023
Type: Image
Credit: Credit: Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava
Copyright: Copyrighted by the credited creator. Ask the copyright holder before reusing it.
Explanation length: About 169 words