(C2001A2)LINEAR_3.jpg

This color image shows the comet C/2001A2 LINEAR.
It consists of the assembly of several 30-seconds CCD pictures taken 
thru R V B filters.
The images were taken in the pre-dawn sky of 
July 12th 2001 with my newtonian 40cm f/4 and my CCD camera.
A past full moon only 27 degrees apart illuminated the sky.
The comet's distance to the sun was 1.2 AU.
The distance to the earth was 0.29 AU.

The field of view is about 18 x 18 arcminutes.

A logarithmic scale was used.

North is up. East is left.
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© by 
Stefano SPOSETTI
CH-6525 Gnosca
SWITZERLAND
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