Periodic Comet 2P/Encke CCD Images

October 14, 2013
False color image of periodic comet 2P/Encke, obtained on 2013 Oct. 14 (4h00-4h06UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and R filter. Total exposure time was 5 minutes (15x20 seconds). Image scale is 1.25 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2013 by H. Mikuz, Črni Vrh Observatory.
September 14, 2013
False color image of periodic comet 2P/Encke, obtained on 2013 Sep. 14 (2h41-2h54UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and R filter. Total exposure time was 10 minutes (15x40 seconds). Comet Encke is a faint dot in image center. Image scale is 1.25 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2013 by H. Mikuz, Črni Vrh Observatory.
August 25, 2012
False color unfiltered recovery image of periodic comet 2P/Encke, obtained on 2012 Aug. 25 (23h07-23h36UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CCD. Total exposure time was 30 minutes (10x3 min). Comet is a faint dot in image center. Image scale is 1.25 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2012 by J. Skvarč, Črni Vrh Observatory.
September 25, 2003
False color unfiltered image of periodic comet 2P/Encke, obtained on 2003 September 25.940UT with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope and CCD. Image scale is 1.85 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2003 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.


August 11, 2000

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This unfiltered image of periodic comet 2P/Encke was taken by Tone Spenko in the dawn of 2000 Aug. 11.112UT with 20-cm, f/4 S-C telescope and  CCD. Exposure time was 1 minute. Copyright © 2000 by T. Spenko, Rezman Observatory.

December 3, 1993

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False-color image of periodic comet 2P/Encke obtained on 1993 Dec. 3.820UT with 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Shmidt telescope, V filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. Copyright © 1993 by  H. Mikuz.

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