Rosetta Earth Swing-By 1 - Images

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Introduction

On this page you'll find all images of Rosetta on 04 Mar 2005 that were sent to ESA, both from amateurs and from professionals. For the non-specialist, a short explanation of the abbreviations: SCT is a Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope, typically produced by the companies Meade or Celestron. 12" is the aperture in inch, i.e. 30 cm. The pointing position is given in Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.), which are coordinates in the sky. The magnitude is given in the astronomical magnitude system - the brightest stars are around 0 mag, the human eye sees down to about 6 to 7 mag. 17 mag is quite faint...

Enjoy!

Images from amateurs

	Image taken by: Martin Wagner Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h05m UT Location: Sonnenbühl-Genkingen, Germany Exposure duration: 5 x 10 sec Telescope: 10" Newton, f = 1300 mm Camera: Starlight XPress MX7C Pointing position: - Field of view: not known Estimated magnitude: tbd Distance to Earth: to come URL: www.martin-wagner.org Other info: Link to the same image with a nice caption.
	Image taken by: Erich Meyer Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h10m21s - 20h10m36s UT Location: Davidschlag Observatory, Austria (IAU-Code 540) Exposure duration: 15 sec Telescope: 60 cm Reflector, f/3.3 Camera: SBIG ST-6 Pointing position: R.A.10h02m20s, Dec.: +09deg55'20", North is up, East is left. Field of view: 16' x 11' Estimated magnitude: tbd Distance to Earth: to come URL: none given Other info: - The bright star on the is HIP49194 with 8,88mag (K0) - Compensation the proper motion with an electronic-telescope-controller (8,5'/min).
	Image taken by: Rolando Ligustri Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 19h30m, 20h30m, 21h20m UT Location: Talmassons, Italy Exposure duration: 60 sec each Telescope: 80 mm Refractor, f/5 Camera: SBIG ST9e Pointing position: tbd Field of view: tbd Estimated magnitude: tbd Distance to Earth: to come URL: CAST: Circolo AStrofili Talmassons Other info: Another image by the same author, Rosetta around 20h06m.
	Image taken by: Hartwig Luethen Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h29m - 21h30m UT Location: Hamburg, Germany Exposure duration: 0.25 sec per image ('sense up 12x') Telescope: 135 mm f/2.5 Pentax lens Camera: Mintron Pointing position: tbd Field of view: tbd Estimated magnitude: tbd Distance to Earth: to come URL: http://home.tiscali.de/astrohardy/mintron/rosetta/rosetta.htm Other info: 30 video frames added with Fitswork, centered on the spacecraft.
	Image taken by: David Briggs Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h39m48s UT Location: Clanfield, England, MPC J84 Exposure duration: 60 sec Telescope: 60 cm Newton f/4.75, Hampshire Astronomical Group Camera: Starlight Xpress MX916 Pointing position: R.A.07h00m46s, Dec.: 17deg53'05" Field of view: 10.3' x7.7', North is up Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: 10016 km URL: not given
	Image taken by: David Briggs Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h49m25s UT Location: Clanfield, England, MPC J84 Exposure duration: 60 sec Telescope: 60 cm Newton f/4.75, Hampshire Astronomical Group Camera: Starlight Xpress MX916 Pointing position: R.A.04h54m56s, Dec.: 17deg06'21" Field of view: 10.3' x7.7', North is up Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: 7458 km URL: not given
	Image taken by: Lorenzo Comolli & Alberto Brunati Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h11m UT Location: Venegono Inferiore (VA), Italy Exposure duration: 15 x 5 sec Telescope: 255 mm Newton, f = 1230 mm Camera: ST7e CCD camera, binned 2 x 2 Pointing position: not given Field of view: not given Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come URL: http://astrosurf.com/comolli/ http://gwtradate.tread.it/tradate/gat/
	Image taken by: Lorenzo Comolli & Alberto Brunati Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h47m UT Location: Venegono Inferiore (VA), Italy Exposure duration: 30 sec Telescope: 255 mm Newton, f = 1230 mm Camera: ST7e CCD camera, binned 1 x 1 Pointing position: not given Field of view: not given Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come URL: http://astrosurf.com/comolli/ http://gwtradate.tread.it/tradate/gat/ Other info: Note the galaxy PGC27409 to the right, 14 mag. Limiting magnitude of the image is 18 mag.
	Image taken by: Philip Masding and Mike Tyrell Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h02m UT Location: Manchester, England Exposure duration: 20 sec Telescope: 135 mm telephoto lens Camera: Starlight Xpress HX516 Pointing position: R.A. 140.82 deg, Dec. 12.43 deg N Field of view: 2 deg Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come URL: http://www.zen32156.zen.co.uk/ Other info: Used a Meade LX200 for tracking. s is typical in Manchester whenever there is a special astronomical event the sky was cloudy! These images were taken through tiny holes in an otherwise completely cloudy sky. We took about 60 images and only 3 had any stars on them at all.
	Image taken by: Philip Masding and Mike Tyrell Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h21m UT Location: Manchester, England Exposure duration: 30 sec Telescope: 135 mm telephoto lens Camera: Starlight Xpress HX516 Pointing position: R.A. 130.35 deg, Dec. 14.65 deg N Field of view: 2 deg Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come URL: http://www.zen32156.zen.co.uk/ Other info: Used a Meade LX200 for tracking. Link to the image superimposed on a map.
	Image taken by: Christian Barret Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h34m UT - 21h35m UT Location: Lambesc, France Exposure duration: 5 sec each Telescope: 135 mm f/2.8 tele lens Camera: Vestapro webcam Pointing position: not given Field of view: 1.5 deg Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come URL: not given
	Image taken by: Christian Barret Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h35m UT Location: Lambesc, France Exposure duration: 5 sec each Telescope: 135 mm f/2.8 tele lens Camera: Vestapro webcam Pointing position: not given Field of view: 1.5 deg Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come URL: not given
	Image taken by: Nick Quinn Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h55m UT Location: Steyning, UK Exposure duration: 5 sec each Telescope: Celestron C11, f/10 Camera: Starlight XPress MX916 Pointing position: 09h32m, +12deg17' Field of view: 10' x 8' Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: 26540 km URL: http://www.shadowchaser.demon.co.uk/recent/
	Image taken by: Gianluca Masi, Franco Mallia, Roger Wilcox Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 02h03m - 02h45m UT Location: Las Campanas, Chile Exposure duration: 33 x ? sec Telescope: Celestron 0.36 m f/7 SoTIE telescope Camera: CCD Pointing position: not given Field of view: not given Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come URL: http://www.bellatrixobservatory.org
	Image taken by: Gregory Roberts Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h04m UT Location: Western Cape, South Africa Exposure duration: 100 x 1.28 sec Telescope: 145 mm f/2.5 lens Camera: Mintron Pointing position: not given Field of view: 2.55 deg x 1.86 deg Estimated magnitude: 12 mag Distance to Earth: to come Other info: Lens and camera tracking the spacecraft using a home-built alt-az mount and the freeware CoSaTrak.
	Image taken by: Gregory Roberts Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h56m UT Location: Western Cape, South Africa Exposure duration: 100 x 1.28 sec Telescope: 145 mm f/2.5 lens Camera: Mintron Pointing position: not given Field of view: 2.55 deg x 1.86 deg Estimated magnitude: 12 mag Distance to Earth: to come Other info: Lens and camera tracking the spacecraft using a home-built alt-az mount and the freeware CoSaTrak.
	Image taken by: Gregory Roberts Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h02m UT Location: Western Cape, South Africa Exposure duration: 100 x 1.28 sec Telescope: 145 mm f/2.5 lens Camera: Mintron Pointing position: not given Field of view: 2.55 deg x 1.86 deg Estimated magnitude: 12 mag Distance to Earth: to come Other info: Lens and camera tracking the spacecraft using a home-built alt-az mount and the freeware CoSaTrak. Link to Gregory's email giving more information.
	Image taken by: Jean-Luc Dighaye Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h50m07s - 20h50m22s UT Location: Munich, Germany Exposure duration: 15 sec Telescope: 200/1600 Apochromat Camera: Nikon D100 set to ISO 1600 Pointing position: not given Field of view: cropped to 40' Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come Other info: .Amost completely clouded sky. Images through clearings.
	Image taken by: Jean-Luc Dighaye Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h54m07s - 20h54m22s UT and 20h54m46s - 20h55m01s UT Location: Munich, Germany Exposure duration: 2 x 15 sec Telescope: 200/1600 Apochromat Camera: Nikon D100 set to ISO 1600 Pointing position: not given Field of view: cropped to 40' Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come Other info: .Amost completely clouded sky. Images through clearings.
	Image taken by: Anders Nyholm Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h19m - 20h54m UT Location: Oxie, Sweden Exposure duration: 10 sec each Telescope: 0.35 m SCT f/5 Camera: Apogee 7 Pointing position: not given Field of view: 19' x 19' Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: 39135 km / 32239 km / 26948 km
	Image taken by: Christian Riou Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h21m - 20h25m UT Location: Seyne sur Mer, France Exposure duration: 30 sec each Telescope: 500 mm f/5.6 lens Camera: CCD 2/3" 752 x 580 px Pointing position: not given Field of view: not given Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come
	Image taken by: Bernd Gaehrken Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h10m52,5s - 21h11m2,5s UT Location: Kreuzstraße south of Munich / Germany Exposure duration: 12,5 sec (5 pics with 2,5 sec) Telescope: 135mm 1:2,8 foto-teleobjektiv at f/4 Camera: Mintron Videocam Pointing position: R.A.8h56m, Dec.: +15deg, North is up, East is left. Estimated magnitude: 10,5 Distance to Earth: to come URL: http://www.astrode.de/rosetta.htm Other info: - The bright star is Omi1 Cnc with 5,2mag - The change in position at this time was one moon diameter every minute.
	Image taken by: Eric J. Allen Date: 04 March 2005 Time: 01h52 - 02h42 UT Location: Champlain, Québec, Canada Exposure duration: 131 x 10s Telescope: Starliner 0,40m Newton F4,4 Camera: SBIG ST-9E Pointing position: R.A. 10h59m01s Dec. +03deg20'53" Field of view: 20' x 20', North is up, East is left Estimated magnitude: 12 mag. Distance to Earth: from 334 760 km to 321 658 km Url: www.observatoire.qc.ca/IndexCCD.html Other info: I got an unexpected break in the clouds to do this sequence of 131 images of 10 seconds exposure each. Rosetta was then about mag. 12 and rising. I was able to see it visually with a 4 inches guiding refractor while recording the images. It was amazing to see it slowly move against the stars!
	Image taken by: Vinicio Terno and Walter Borghini Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h10m40s UT Location: Casasco, Italy Exposure duration: 30 sec Telescope: 16" SCT Camera: Starlight SXV-H9 Pointing position: R.A. 10h05m24s, Dec. 10d17'00" Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come
	Image taken by: Vinicio Terno and Walter Borghini Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h49m02s UT Location: Casasco, Italy Exposure duration: 1 sec Telescope: 16" SCT Camera: Starlight SXV-H9 Pointing position: R.A. 04h46m12s, Dec. 18d17'00" Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come
	Image taken by: Vinicio Terno and Walter Borghini Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h49m45s UT Location: Casasco, Italy Exposure duration: 30 sec Telescope: 16" SCT Camera: Starlight SXV-H9 Pointing position: R.A. 04h30m48s, Dec. 17d33'00" Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come
	Image taken by: Carolina and Francesco Fumagalli Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h05m UT Location: Calina Observatory, Carona, Switzerland Exposure duration: 8 x 5 sec Telescope: 310 mm f/5 Camera: HiSis 33 Pointing position: close to 31 Leo Estimated magnitude: not given Distance to Earth: to come
	Image taken by: Jaime Izquierdo Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h44m34s - 21h44m44s and 21h44m54s UT Location: Madrid , Spain 3º42'00.0''W, 40º25'59.9''N Exposure duration: 5 sec each Telescope: teleobj 135mm f4.0 on EQ6 mount Camera: Canon Digital Rebel (300D) to ISO800 Pointing position: Near Gemini-Taurus border. 05 57 49.61 A.R / +24 42 03.1 Decl. Field of view: 5º x 4º aprox. Estimated magnitude: 10 mag Distance to Earth: tbd Other info: Images taken from Madrid city center with heavy light contamination
	Image taken by: Jaime Izquierdo Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h44m34s - 21h44m44s and 21h44m54s UT Location: Madrid , Spain 3º42'00.0''W, 40º25'59.9''N Exposure duration: 5 sec each Telescope: teleobj 135mm f4.0 on EQ6 mount Camera: Canon Digital Rebel (300D) to ISO800 Pointing position: Near Gemini-Taurus border. 05 57 49.61 A.R / +24 42 03.1 Decl. Field of view: 5º x 4º aprox. Estimated magnitude: 10 mag Distance to Earth: tbd Other info: Images taken from Madrid city center with heavy light contamination
	Image taken by: Jaime Izquierdo Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21h44m34s - 21h44m44s and 21h44m54s UT Location: Madrid , Spain 3º42'00.0''W, 40º25'59.9''N Exposure duration: 5 sec each Telescope: teleobj 135mm f4.0 on EQ6 mount Camera: Canon Digital Rebel (300D) to ISO800 Pointing position: Near Gemini-Taurus border. 05 57 49.61 A.R / +24 42 03.1 Decl. Field of view: 5º x 4º aprox. Estimated magnitude: 10 mag Distance to Earth: tbd Other info: Images taken from Madrid city center with heavy light contamination
	Image taken by: Herbert Raab Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 20h40m UT Location: Linz, Austria Exposure duration: 0.04 seconds / frame Telescope: 50 cm f/10 Cassegrain Camera: 12V1C-EX Pointing position: 06h 01.9m, +17° 52' Field of view: 7.5' x 5.5' Estimated magnitude: ~10.5mag Distance to Earth: 9.570 km Note: Although the time between the first and the last of these videos is less than three minutes, Rosetta's apparent speed increased significantly in that time: While Rosetta crosses the field in the first video sequence in about 3.1 seconds, it takes only 2.6 seconds to do so in the second, indicating an acceleration of about +20% in the apparent speed of the spacecraft. Other info: An animation can be seen here.
	Image taken by: Herbert Raab Date: 04 Mar 2005 Time: 21:43:14 - 21:43:18 UT Location: Linz, Austria Exposure duration: 0.04 seconds / frame Telescope: 50 cm f/10 Cassegrain Camera: 12V1C-EX Pointing position: 06h 01.9m, +17° 52' Field of view: 7.5' x 5.5' Estimated magnitude: ~10.5mag Distance to Earth: 9.570 km Other info: An animation can be seen here.

page prepared by Detlef Koschny, 03 Mar 2005, last update 08 Apr 2005, 15h30m UT
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