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Image taken by Giovanni Sostero

STSP image
Comments: Tonight the comet brighteness has increased another little bit: 11.9 in R band, with a coma diameter of almost 1,5'. Afrho has increased as well: 170cm (~50,000 Km window, or 86") to 330cm (~11,500 Km or 20"); nucleus contribution not removed yet.
Image Date (UTC): 2005-04-04
Image Time (UTC): 22:21:00
Exposure: av 5x5 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: -91.39
Heliocentric Distance: 1.753
Geocentric Distance: 0.779
Sun-Comet-Earth Angle: 11.18
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Last Updated: Wednesday August 29, 2007