C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) 2001 06 20.78, multiple 40 sec exposures through V,R and I filters, represented by blue, green and red respectively here. The inset shows the inner 100" of coma in V, showing what I thought was another fragment breaking off, but lack of motion relative to the main nucleus means it is most likely a tailward directed jet. The elongated images on June 15 and 17 were due to a a fragment breaking off that faded within a few days. North is up in this ~16' field, and the image is scaled to represent the visual appearance through a large telescope. Taken with a 45cm f/5.4 Newtonian + AP7 CCD from the Gene Shoemaker Planetary Society NEO grant from Loomberah NSW Australia.
Copyright Gordon Garradd gordon@gunagulla.com
C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) 2001 06 18.78, 60 sec exposures through V,R and I filters, represented by blue, green and red respectively here. The inset shows the inner 100" of coma in V, apparently showing a tailward directed jet from the nucleus. North is up in this 16' field, and the image is scaled to represent the visual appearance through a large telescope. Taken with a 45cm f/5.4 Newtonian + AP7 CCD from the Gene Shoemaker Planetary Society NEO grant from Loomberah NSW Australia.
Copyright Gordon Garradd gordon@gunagulla.com
C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) 2001 05 18.371, 40 sec exposures of coma and tail combined into a mosaic. North is up in this 68 X 73 arcmin field of view. The image has been scaled to represent the view in a large telescope. Approximately 1.5 degrees of ion tail are seen in this image, 5 degrees were visible in 10X50 Binoculars at the time this image was taken and the inset of the inner 100" of the coma shows the split nucleus Taken with a 45cm f/5.4 Newtonian + AP7 CCD from the Gene Shoemaker Planetary Society NEO grant from Loomberah NSW Australia.
C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) 2001 05 22.342, 60 sec exposures of coma and tail combined into a mosaic, showing over a degree of tail. Taken with a 45cm f/5.4 Newtonian + AP7 CCD from the Gene Shoemaker Planetary Society NEO grant from Loomberah NSW Australia.
Images Copyright © 2001 Gordon Garradd