Hi fellow Utah Astronomy folks, I thought you might like to see short gif, which shows a view of Comet 67P taken by the Rosetta spacecraft. The foreground streaks are bits of dust and/or ice blowing off the comet while the background shows the stars, which appear to moving downward (caused by the rotation of the spacecraft around the comet). An ESA expert identified the stars as part of Canis Major. What I find particularly intriguing is the cluster that appears at the top and quickly disappears behind a wall. I think it must be M-41. Or is it something else? Best wishes, Joe https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/rosetta-comet-67p-surface-comes-alive-in-new-gi...
Joe, a fellow on Cloudy Nights managed to identify the cluster as NGC 2362. His post is found here: http://www.cloudynights.com/topic/616047-stunning-video-of-the-surface-of-th... On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 10:59 PM, Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Hi fellow Utah Astronomy folks,
I thought you might like to see short gif, which shows a view of Comet 67P taken by the Rosetta spacecraft. The foreground streaks are bits of dust and/or ice blowing off the comet while the background shows the stars, which appear to moving downward (caused by the rotation of the spacecraft around the comet). An ESA expert identified the stars as part of Canis Major. What I find particularly intriguing is the cluster that appears at the top and quickly disappears behind a wall. I think it must be M-41. Or is it something else? Best wishes, Joe
https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/rosetta-comet-67p-surface- comes-alive-in-new-gif-on-twitter/
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Wonderful! Thanks, Chuck! (Wife OK?) — Joe Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 30, 2018, at 6:53 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Joe, a fellow on Cloudy Nights managed to identify the cluster as NGC 2362. His post is found here:
http://www.cloudynights.com/topic/616047-stunning-video-of-the-surface-of-th...
On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 10:59 PM, Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote: Hi fellow Utah Astronomy folks,
I thought you might like to see short gif, which shows a view of Comet 67P taken by the Rosetta spacecraft. The foreground streaks are bits of dust and/or ice blowing off the comet while the background shows the stars, which appear to moving downward (caused by the rotation of the spacecraft around the comet). An ESA expert identified the stars as part of Canis Major. What I find particularly intriguing is the cluster that appears at the top and quickly disappears behind a wall. I think it must be M-41. Or is it something else? Best wishes, Joe
https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/rosetta-comet-67p-surface-comes-alive-in-new-gi...
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