#cometwatch

Comet So, there is a comet visible in the skies over the UK at the moment. Saturday and Sunday, I've been out to look for it where live in Wigan....and typical, it's has been cloudy - even at 4am ! 😕

Comet 67P on 22 January - NAVCAM [c] by European Space Agency Via Flickr: One of four NAVCAM mosaic images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, taken on 22 January 2015 when Rosetta was at a distance of 28.0 km from the centre of the comet. Each 1024 x 1024 frame measures about 2.4 km across. More info in the blog: More change in Hapi? CometWatch: 22 January/. Credits: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) licence. The user is allowed to reproduce, distribute, adapt, translate and publicly perform this publication, without explicit permission, provided that the content is accompanied by an acknowledgement that the source is credited as 'European Space Agency – ESA', a direct link to the licence text is provided and that it is clearly indicated if changes were made to the original content. Adaptation/translation/derivatives must be distributed under the same licence terms as this publication. To view a copy of this license, please visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/

Comet 67P on 21 September 2015 – NavCam by European Space Agency Via Flickr: This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 21 September 2015 from a distance of 330 km from the comet centre. The image has a resolution of 28.1 m/pixel and measures 28.8 km across. It has been contrast enhanced to better reveal the nature of the comet's activity. The original image and more information is available on the blog: CometWatch 21 September Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam – CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Year at a comet, June 2015 by European Space Agency Via Flickr: By June 2015, Rosetta was operating at relatively large distances from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko due to the ever-increasing activity. This image was taken on 6 June at a distance of 201 km. The image scale is 17.1 m/pixel and the image measures 17.5 km across. Indeed, streams of dust and gas can be seen all around the nucleus, with even the shadowed portion of the large lobe silhouetted against the background glow of activity. On the small lobe, the outline of the Hatmehit depression is just visible. Parts of the small and large lobe cast in shadow earlier in the mission are now on full display. This image is one of 12 selected for our “Year at a comet" gallery and has not been previously published on the ESA Portal. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Navcam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0