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“Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997” is copyrighted by Jerry Lodriguss (Catching the Light). NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteSixteen years ago, Comet Hale-Bopp rounded the Sun, offering a dazzling spectacle in Earth's night sky. This view, recorded shortly after its 1997 perihelion passage, features its memorable tails. The whitish dust tail and blue ion tail are visible, with the ion tail extending well over ten degrees across the northern sky, fading near the double star clusters in Perseus.
The Sun on 13 October 2013
NASA SDO took this picture on 13 October 2013, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 13 October 2013 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 13 October 2013 · Caspian Sea See it as a poster -
Released on 13 October 2011 Wide field view of MACS 1206 (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 13 October 2009 Wide-field view of the region around NGC 2623 (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 13 October 2025 Black holes don’t suck, they get fed! See it as a poster -
Released on 13 October 2025 A well-studied spiral See it as a poster -
Released on 13 October 2021 An aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 273 miles above the southern Indian Ocean See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 13 OCT 2013 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 13 OCT 2013.
Questions about October 13, 2013
What space photo was released on October 13, 2013?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 13, 2013 was "Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet of 1997". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on October 13, 2013?
A first quarter moon, about 62% lit.
What day of the week was October 13, 2013?
October 13, 2013 was a Sunday, day 286 of the 365 days in 2013.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 13, 2013?
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the Sun that day, and NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth. Both are on this page, next to the card.
Is it free?
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