Peter,

thanks for giving attention to this nice comet and bringing back memories
of the exciting Rosetta mission. I remember watching the live braodcast on
Philae landing very well.

Btw, I have requested a remote observation of the comet this night.

Everybody should enjoy observing the return of 67P and Philae ...

CS
Thomas

> Am Mon, 24 May 2021 20:46:33 +0100
> schrieb Peter Carson <petercarson100@gmail.com>:
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> Hi All,
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> Just before dawn this morning (03:18 UT) I got my first image this apparition of Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. You may remember back in November 2014 the Rosetta probe dropped the little Philae lander onto its surface. It’s still there stuck under a large rock!
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> Since 2014 Comet 67P has been all the way out past Jupiter and is now on its way back to Perihelion, which will occur on the 2nd Nov later this year.
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> My picture taken this morning is rather poor as the comet is at very low altitude and in a bright dawn sky and is only about magnitude 17, but that’s not the point. Just think that dusty icy body about 3km long is still out between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars but mankind has landed on it and studied it in great detail....Fascinating.
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> Here’s a link to my image taken this morning http://www.astromania.co.uk/67P_20210524_0318_PCarson.jpg
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> This link shows what it looked like on 18th Nov 2015 when it was much closer to the Sun and Earth.
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> http://www.astromania.co.uk/67P_20151118_0502_PCarson.jpg
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> Peter
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> Peter Carson
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