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Caption: Image of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp), taken on 4 April 1997, with an exposure time of 10 minutes. The field shown is about 6.5°x6.5°. Two tails extend from the bright coma: one white-yellowish dust tail and a bluish gas tail, always pointing away from the Sun.

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Credit: E. Kolmhofer, H. Raab; Johannes-Kepler-Observatory, Linz, Austria Credit Link
Related glossary terms: Comet , Cometary Tail
Categories: Solar System

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Arabic
Caption: صورة المذنب هال بوب والتى التقطت في 4 أبريل .1997 واستغرق وقت التعريض 10 دقائق. تغطى الصورة مساحة من السماء حوالي 6.5 درجة × 6.5 درجة.
ويمتد من الكوما اللامعة ذيلان أحدهما ذيل أبيض مائل للصفرة من الغبار وذيل يميل الى اللون الازرق من الغاز ويشير دائما اتجاه الذيل الى الإتجاه المعاكس والبعيدًا عن الشمس.
Credit: حقوق الصورة تخص كولمهوفر و راب واخذت من مرصد جوهانز كبلر - لينز- استريا
Related glossary terms: Comet , Cometary Tail
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Somaya Saad
Caption reviewers: Ahmed Abulwfa

French
Caption: Image de la comète C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp), prise le 4 avril 1997, avec un temps d'exposition de 10 minutes. Le champ représenté est d'environ 6,5°x6,5°. Deux queues s'étendent à partir de la chevelure brillante : une queue de poussière blanche-jaunâtre, orientée à l'opposé du déplacement de la comète et une queue de gaz bleuâtre, orientée à l'opposé du Soleil.
Credit: E. Kolmhofer, H. Raab ; Observatoire Johannes Kepler, Linz, Autriche
Related glossary terms: Comet , Cometary Tail
Caption translation status: Not yet approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Gilles Remy

Italian
Caption: Immagine della cometa C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp), ripresa il 4 aprile 1997, con un tempo di esposizione di 10 minuti. Il campo mostrato è di circa 6,5°x6,5°. Dalla chioma luminosa si estendono due code: una bianca-giallastra di polvere e una bluastra di gas, sempre rivolte nella direzione opposta rispetto al Sole.
Credit: E. Kolmhofer, H. Raab; Osservatorio Johannes Kepler, Linz, Austria
Related glossary terms: Coda cometaria , Cometa
Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi, Francesco Salvestrini
Caption reviewers: Rosa Valiante, Rodolfo Canestrari