August 7, 2001

False color image of comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) obtained on 2001 Aug. 7.839UT  with 19-cm, f/4 flat field S-C telescope, V filter and CCD. Exposure time was 2 minutes. Field of view 52' x 34' with image scale 5.8"/pixel. Copyright © 2001 by H. Mikuz.
 

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False color image of comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) obtained on 2001 Aug. 7.838UT  with 19-cm, f/4 flat field S-C telescope, R filter and CCD. Exposure time was 1 minute. Field of view 52' x 34' with image scale 5.8"/pixel. Copyright © 2001 by H. Mikuz.
 

July 30, 2001

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Unfiltered image of comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) obtained on 2001 July 30.891UT  with 20-cm, f/7 S-C telescope and ST-9 CCD. Image is a composition of 10, 30-sec exposures. Field of view 20' x 20' with image scale 3.0"/pixel. Copyright © 2001 by Rolando Ligustri, C.A.S.T., Italy.
 

July 14, 2001

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Unfiltered image of comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) obtained on 2001 July 14.93UT from Mt. Matajur with 20-cm, f/7 S-C telescope and ST-9 CCD. Image is a composition of 12, 30-sec exposures. Field of view 25' x 25' with image scale 3.0"/pixel. Copyright © 2001 by Rolando Ligustri, Italy.
 

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R filter image of comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) obtained on 2001 July 14.89UT from Mt. Matajur with 20-cm, f/7 S-C telescope and ST-9 CCD. Image is a composition of 7, 60-sec exposures. Field of view 25' x 25' with image scale 3.0"/pixel.Copyright © 2001 by Rolando Ligustri, Italy.
 

July 2, 2001

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Unfiltered image of comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) obtained on 2001 July 2 at 1h05UT with 20-cm, f/2 S-C telescope and MX5 CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. Copyright © 2001 by Tone Spenko, Rezman Observatory, Slovenia.
 
 

April 1, 2001

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Outburst of comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR). Image obtained on 2001 Apr. 1.815 UT with 36-cm, f/6.7 S-C telescope and 1024 x 1024 CCD. Exposure time was 1 minute.Note a trace of a straight ion tail toward the East. Copyright © 2001 by H.Mikuz.