Fifteen consecutive sixty-second exposures of Comet 67P
Fifteen consecutive sixty-second exposures of Comet 67P obtained on single night using an r' band filter with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini South telescope in Chile. Images run left to right, top to bottom, with the initial and final positions of the comet indicated by arrow. The changes in apparent brightness of the comet are due to varying sky brightness since the comet was positioned close to the Sun as viewed from the Earth.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
Id: | geminiann14012b |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Nov. 17, 2014, 1:28 p.m. |
Related announcements: | geminiann14012 |
Size: | 1005 x 498 px |
About the Object
Name: | Comet 67P |
Category: | Solar System |