Two for One
We knew that comet 12P/Pons-Brooks might be visible during the April 8 eclipse, but little did we realize that another comet, SOHO-5008, would pull off the same trick. Actually, that’s not entirely true; Karl Battams, manager of the SOHO Sungrazer Project, predicted this would happen, according to the European Space Agency. Petr Horálek from the Institute of Physics in Opava, Czechia, captured this glorious view of the eclipse and SOHO-5008 from Mexico. Sadly, the comet disintegrated shortly after the image was taken. In another incredible image, Chinese astronomer Lin Zixuan captured no less than six objects in a single image: Comet Pons-Brooks, Comet SOHO-5008, the Moon eclipsing the Sun, Mercury, and Venus.
