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href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/apod\/apod\/2026\/august\/10P_Tempel2_Globular_M30_20260729_DEBartlett.jpg?w=3239&amp;h=1739&amp;fit=clip&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"3239\" height=\"1739\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/cds\/apod\/apod\/2026\/august\/10P_Tempel2_Globular_M30_20260729_DEBartlett.jpg?w=3239&amp;h=1739&amp;fit=clip&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Greenish cometary coma of 10P\/Tempel 2 and globular star cluster M30\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"display-48 margin-top-0 margin-bottom-3\">A Messier Moment for Tempel 2<\/h1>\n<div class=\"grid-row media-detail-hero__content-row\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<p class=\"p-md margin-0 media-detail-hero__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Which of these is <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap241005.html\" rel=\"noopener\">not a comet<\/a>? You guessed it \u2013 the one on the right is a globular star cluster. The diffuse greenish coma of periodic comet <a href=\"https:\/\/ssd.jpl.nasa.gov\/tools\/sbdb_lookup.html#\/?sstr=10P\" rel=\"noopener\">10P\/Tempel 2<\/a> is at left in the frame. In fact the globular star cluster is Messier 30, also known as M30, or the 30th entry in astronomer <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/people\/explore-the-night-sky-hubbleatms-messier-catalog-bio\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Messier\u2019s<\/a> catalog of things which are not comets. The well-known 18th century astronomer kept a list of objects he observed, now his famous Messier <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Messier_object\" rel=\"noopener\">Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters<\/a>, which did not move from night to night against the background stars and so were not the comets he was hunting for. So the famous comet hunter would get the correct answer too, even though his telescope would show both 10P\/Tempel 2 and distant star cluster as similar looking faint and fuzzy objects in his field of view. Recorded on July 29, this modern telescopic image <a href=\"https:\/\/app.astrobin.com\/i\/bp809n?r=0\" rel=\"noopener\">captures periodic comet Tempel 2<\/a> as it briefly swept close on the sky to M30. While the periodic comet\u2019s faint, narrow, <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/fap\/ap260717.html\" rel=\"noopener\">orbital dust trail<\/a> seems to pierce the globular star cluster, Tempel 2 was a mere 3.5 light-minutes away. <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/hubble\/science\/explore-the-night-sky\/hubble-messier-catalog\/messier-30\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Messier 30<\/a> is some 28,000 light-years distant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomorrow\u2019s picture: <\/strong>Contemplating the Sun\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"display-none desktop:display-block desktop:grid-col-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 margin-top-3 desktop:margin-top-0\">\n<table class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-table width-full\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Date<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 8, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Credit &amp; Copyright<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astrobin.com\/users\/h2ologg\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Bartlett<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">Authors &amp; editors:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Robert Nemiroff, Keighley Rockcliffe\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"media-detail-hero__meta-row\">\n<th scope=\"row\" class=\"label padding-y-1\">A service of:<\/th>\n<td class=\"p-sm padding-y-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.gsfc.nasa.gov\/astrophysics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASD<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/goddard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GSFC<\/a>,<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/learn\/about-science-activation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA Science Activation<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan Tech. 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