Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina at its minimum distance from the Earth
Taken by Gianluca Masi on July 10, 2014 @
The Virtual Telescope Project, Ceccano, Italy
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Date Taken: 2014:07:10 13:11:58
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Details:
The image above comes from 19, 180-seconds exposures, later combined with a median technique to limit the interference of the stars. As it was moving very fast, stars were leaving long trails, making impossible to look at the true morphology of the comet, which is right now surfing a region of the sky (Cepheus) very rich of stars. The telescope’s mount carefully tracked C/2013 UQ4 during all the exposures, helping getting the best result possible.
Photographer's website:
http://www.virtualtelescope.eu
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