Peter.

Yes, great to see this comet on its way back and that is a really nice
image under difficult circumstances. In addition to Philae the main
Rosetta spacecraft is also sitting on the surface of that faint smudge
340 million km away.

We know more about this comet than any other so it will be interesting
to follow it back to perihelion on November 2. This is a good return for
us in the northern hemisphere and it will be well-placed for in Gemini
by then.

Nick.

On 24/05/2021 21:44, Thomas Lehmann - t.lehmann at mailbox.org (via
baa-comet list) wrote:
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> 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
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>> 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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>> Essex UK
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