Finder charts

Overview

The figure below shows the sky as visible from the Netherlands in the evening of 04 Mar 2005, with the positions of the spacecraft marked in the map. It will start around 18 mag brightness, increasing to about 8 - 9 mag, becoming an easy binocular object.

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Finder charts for different observing locations:

Compared to the finder chart on top (showing the sky from Leiden, The Netherlands), Rosetta will be visible in slightly different positions depending on from where you look. The following links give more precise finder charts for some selected locations.
  • From Frankfurt
  • From Bern
  • From Madrid

    • Detailed finder charts for Leiden and (rough!) magnitude estimates

    Overview 24 Feb 2005 - 03 Mar 2005
    Detail 04 Mar 2005 20h00m UT - 20h30m UT
    Detail 04 Mar 2005 21h00m UT - 21h10m UT
    Detail 04 Mar 2005 21h10m UT - 21h20m UT
    Detail 04 Mar 2005 21h20m UT - 21h30m UT
    Detail 04 Mar 2005 21h32m UT - 21h38m UT
    Detail 04 Mar 2005 21h34m UT - 21h44m UT
    Detail 04 Mar 2005 21h41m UT - 21h42m UT - enlargement around Gamma Gemini
    Detail 04 Mar 2005 21h44m UT - 21h50m UT
    Detail 04 Mar 2005 21h50m UT - 21h55m UT
    Detail 04 Mar 2005 21h55m UT - 21h58m UT

    Magnitude estimate overview
    Magnitude estimate 04 Mar 2005

    page prepared by Detlef Koschny, 03 Feb 2005, last update 02 Mar 2005.