We warned you it was going to happen, and here’s visual proof! In this comet encounter of the extragalactic kind, Comet PanSTARRS and the Andromeda Galaxy met each other in the skies above Earth. This great image by Brendan Alexander in Ireland shows the spectacular view. He said it was “a difficult image to capture due to low cloud, the low altitude of the target and tracking issue. I hope to get the chance to improve on this!”
Here’s another image from UT reader Anna Morris:
Want to see this meetup for yourself? Tonight might be even better:
Did you capture this event, too? Let us know, or upload your images to our Flickr page.
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