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Tag : C/2013 US10 (Catalina)

Comet Catalina’s “flyby”

Comet C/2013 US10 was discovered on 31 October 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey, an automated system aimed at searching for asteroids and comets. As perihelion was expected on 15th November 2015 and the closest approach to Earth on 17th January 2016, the best “observing window” would be between late 2015 and early 2016. In the fall of 2015, the comet was a southern sky object, but its swift northward motion would rapidly increase its declination, so that it would […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: images / Astronomy: reports 15 February 2016 0

Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina)

This past weekend (December 12-13) I headed out with some friends to a dark sky location in the Alps at almost 2000 m elevation. We spent two nights imaging/observing, which were partly ruined by thin cirrus clouds rolling over Northern Italy for most of the time. Needless to say, Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) was one of my planned targets, but it turned out to be harder than expected to image, because of the cirrus clouds and the comet being quite […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: images 15 December 2015 0

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