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A Photogallery of Halley's Comet

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"See photos of Halley's Comet snapped by astronomers and spacecraft in the 20th century."

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Photos of Halley's Comet Through History

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SPACE.com Download time: May 4 2011 8:30 AM ET

…Halley's Comet from Table Mountain Observatory

Credit: NASA/JPL

This photograph of Halley's Comet was taken January 13,1986, by James W. Young, resident astronomer of JPL's Table Mountain Observatory in the San Bernardino Mountains, using the 24-inch reflective telescope.

Streaks caused by the exposure time are stars in the constellation Aquarius. Visible in the photo are the coma of gases and about 725,000 kilometers (450,000 miles) of the charged ion tail.…