where is the comet tail? please help

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where is the comet tail? please help

Post #1by jcyf007 » 20.02.2006, 06:49

i am using celestia 1.40 and when i viewed halley,i discovered that no comet tail appeared around halley and i checked that i have ticked the comet tail in the option.Moreover, only fading colour of comet tail shown in other 2 comets,can anybody tell me what happen?thank you.

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Post #2by selden » 20.02.2006, 12:45

Comet tails only appear when a comet comes within about 5-6 AU of the sun. Celestia was recently updated to take this into account.
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