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June 18, 2005 Images taken on June 13 and later show faint secondary nucleus slowly moving away from the main component in PA 48 degrees. This indicate the recent comet outburst was probably due to nucleus fragmentation. |
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False color image of comet C/2005 K2 (LINEAR), obtained on 2005 Jun. 18.863UT with 60-cm,
f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope, V filter and CCD. Series of 6x15 sec exposures were combined
with Fitsblink to produce a single 90 second exposure. Image scale is 2.49 arc sec/pixel.
Copyright © 2005 by H. & S. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
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False color image of comet C/2005 K2 (LINEAR), obtained on 2005 Jun. 18.866UT with 60-cm,
f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope, R filter and CCD. Series of 6x15 sec exposures were combined
with Fitsblink to produce a single 90 second exposure. Image scale is 2.49 arc sec/pixel.
Copyright © 2005 by H. & S. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
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June 13, 2005
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False color image of comet C/2005 K2 (LINEAR), obtained on 2005 Jun. 13.855UT with 60-cm,
f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope, V filter and CCD. Series of 5x15 sec exposures were digitally combined
with Fitsblink to produce a single 75 second exposure that follow the comet fast motion.
Image scale is 2.49 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2005 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
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False color image of comet C/2005 K2 (LINEAR), obtained on 2005 Jun. 13.858UT with 60-cm,
f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope, R filter and CCD. Series of 5x15 sec exposures were digitally combined
with Fitsblink to produce a single 75 second exposure that follow the comet fast motion.
Image scale is 2.49 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2005 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
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False color image of comet C/2005 K2 (LINEAR), obtained on 2005 Jun. 2.902UT with 60-cm,
f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope, V filter and CCD. Exposure time was 2x30 seconds. Image scale is 2.49 arc
sec/pixel. Copyright © 2005 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
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False color image of comet C/2005 K2 (LINEAR), obtained on 2005 Jun. 2.903UT with 60-cm,
f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope, R filter and CCD. Exposure time was 2x30 seconds. Image scale is 2.49 arc
sec/pixel. Copyright © 2005 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
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