Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR)
March 12, 2014

False color unfiltered image of comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR), obtained on 2014 Mar. 12 (3h07-3h12UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope. Exposure time was 5x60 seconds. Image scale is 2.5 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2014 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.

December 4, 2013

True color image of comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR), obtained on 2013 Dec. 4 (3h35-3h59UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and LBVR filters. Exposure time was 5x60 seconds in each filter. Image scale is 2.5 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2013 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.

November 1, 2013

H. Sato, Japan has reported an outburst in brightness of this comet from a 60-s CCD exposure taken on Oct. 20.507 UT with a 0.51-m f/6.8 astrograph near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A. The comet shows a morphology similar to the outburst of comet 17P in 2007, showing a disk-like coma 85" across, with a brighter center about 10" across (CBET 3675).

This 50 seconds false color image of comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR) was obtained on 2013 Nov. 1 (4h38UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and R filter. The coma expanded to about 8' but bright central condensation has remained at about 10" diameter. Image scale is 2.5 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2013 by H. Mikuz, Èrni Vrh Observatory.

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