Image Credit: Left - Carlos Caccia, (Intendente Alvear, Argentina) / Right - Dan Burbank (ISS Expedition 30, NASA)
This is Comet Lovejoy, which alas can only be seen in the Southern Hemisphere. This was the comet that plunged into the sun and survived. We might be able to see it here. more HERE
It was named after it's discoverer, Amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy. his webpage HERE.
And of course we have this type of story: Could Comet Lovejoy have been the Star of Bethlehem? art bell, call your office...
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