17. 1. 2016, 04:01 - 04:51 UT
This image of the comet C/2013 US10 Catalina was acquired during the night in which the comet was
approaching the nearest point of its trajectory relative to the Earth. The comet was 0.725 AU
far from the Earth and 1.385 AU far from the Sun. It was moving very fast in the sky
(6.74"/min).
Click on the image or on the following reference to display the
higher resolution image version (3.4 MB, PNG format).
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| Image | 2016_01_17_C2013USD10_ad.png |
| Date | 17. 1. 2016 |
| Time | 01:51 - 02:53 UT |
| Place | Montlaux, Southern France |
| Coordinate | N 44° 02' 41.91", E 5° 50' 50.36", altitude 580 m |
| Conditions | Clear sky |
| Optics | Skywatcher Esprit + Flattener, 5/500mm |
| Camera | Nikon D800E |
| Exposure | 14 × 122 s, ISO 1600 |
| Processing | Miloslav Druckmüller |
| Copyright | © 2016 Peter Aniol, Miloslav Druckmüller |
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Miloslav Druckmüller
Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
druckmuller@fme.vutbr.cz
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