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Image taken by Giovanni Sostero

STSP image
Comments: The V-R color index has decrease by several tenths of a magnitude compared to last February 2005: it looks like that the gas emissions are pretty active now.
Image Date (UTC): 2005-03-15
Image Time (UTC): 23:58:00
Exposure: 10x3 min
Filter: Red
Field of View: 26 to 12 x 18 to 8 arcmins
Observing Site: Remanzacco Observatory
Observing Equipment: 10/18/6" f/from 5.2 up to 7/4.5/6 Meade/Marcon/Intes SCT/newtonian/Maksutov
Days After Perihelion: -0111.32
Heliocentric Distance: 1.853
Geocentric Distance: 0.915
Sun-Comet-Earth Angle: 14.61
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STSP Coordinator: Stef McLaughlin
Webmaster: Elizabeth Warner
Last Updated: Wednesday August 29, 2007