Observation by Nick James: C/2023 P1 from STEREO

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2023 Sep 21 - 12:00

Uploaded

2023 Sep 24 - 13:26

Objects

C/2023 P1

Equipment

STEREO spacecraft

Location

1 deg ecliptic longitude

Target name

C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)

Title

C/2023 P1 from STEREO

About this image

Frames from the STEREO-A HI1 camera (approx 20 deg FoV offset 14 deg from the Sun's centre) processed to remove the strong gradient caused by sunlight scattered off interplanetary dust (the F-corona) as described in this document and then animated. The comet shows a dynamic ion tail (bottom) and a significant dust tail (top). The moving object below the comet is Mars.

STEREO-A is in an orbit similar to Earth's with a slightly shorter period so it moved ahead of the Earth when it was launched in 2006. It came back to the Earth in 2023 August, overtook us and it is now moving ahead again.

You can find more animations derived from the STEREO raw data here.

Files associated with this observation

20230921.gif (16.3 MB)

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Comments

Ian Jarrett, 2023 Sep 25 - 08:59 UTC

Stunning!

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