A photo of the sky at dawn or dusk, showing a long plume or trail.

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   Rob Turpin (thisnorthernboy@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2024 20:38:14 JST Rob Turpin

   This is labelled as a photograph of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS on The Guardian, and elsewhere on the web. But that's just a plane vapour trail right?

   Credited to Martial Trezzini, who isn't an astrophotographer.

   https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/11/comet-a3-last-seen-in-neanderthal-times-could-be-sighted-from-uk-this-weekend

   cc @markmccaughrean