Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2) is a comet discovered on 31 January 1996. It was dubbed the Great Comet of 1996; its passage to within 0.1 AU (15 Gm) of the Earth on 25 March was one of the closest cometary approaches of the previous 200 years.
Image credit: Toshihiko Igawa
by Busy_Yesterday9455
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What a sight was that. And Hale-Bopp a year later. Good times.
100 degree long tail? Are you talking about the angle or temp? Either way they both seem inaccurate.