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This is Comet Leonard during its approach to the Sun, imaged by Gerald Rhemann on Christmas Day 2021. The comet had been discovered earlier that year, and broke apart in 2022. This photo won the overall prize for Rhemann of the Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022.

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Paul Byrne

@theplanetaryguy.com

18 July

The image was taken by Rehmann in the Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm, Khomas, Namibia on 25 December 2021. The photo depicts (and is named for) a disconnection event, when a portion of the dust tail is separated from the nucleus by a burst of solar wind. Image credit: Gerald Rhemann