View larger. | Greg Hogan in Kathleen, Georgia caught this photo on December 7, 2015. He wrote: “So what are the odds? I was going through the images from Dec 7th and noticed that in one of the shots there was two meteors! One was the tail end of a bright one, and one is faint. I saw some large bright ones that morning but was not sure if they were in the frame. It seems part of one was.”
When Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) emerged into our predawn sky a few weeks ago, many hoped it would become visible to the eye. So far, it hasn’t. But Comet Catalina is still a fascinating object, an icy visitor from the Oort comet cloud thought to surround our solar system and to extend halfway to next-nearest star. The orbits of the small icy bodies in the Oort cloud can be perturbed, perhaps by galactic tides or passing stars. Before entering the realm of the planets, Comet Catalina is thought to have had an orbit around our sun of several million years. It rounded the sun on November 15, 2015 and began heading outward again … this time on a trajectory that will carry it out of our solar system. So enjoy these images of this cosmic visitor, taken by members of the EarthSky community. Our thanks to all who posted!
View larger. | Greg Hogan also created this awesome composite image of the December 7 moon, Venus and Comet Catalina. Greg told EarthSky: “I did one short exposure to expose for the moon. I then merged the two images to over lap to get the lunar details. I used a Canon 7D on a EQ Mount for tracking. I stacked the image in DEEP SKY STACKER and balanced the exposures using Lightroom 4.”
Comet Catalina on December 7 by Geraint Smith in New Mexico.
View larger. | Tom Wildoner in Pennsylvania over-exposed the moon and Venus to catch Comet Catalina nearby. Visit Tom’s blog at LeisurelyScientist.com
View larger. | Nikolaos Pantazis caught the moon, Venus and Comet Catalina from Cape Sounion, Greece on December 7.
View larger. | Comet Catalina caught on December 6, 2015 by Brian D. Ottum in Rancho Hidalgo, New Mexico.
Comet Catalina images taken December 4, 2015 by Doug Durig. Here, you can see some detail in the comet’s tail …
Greg Hogan submitted this photo to EarthSky. It’s Comet Catalina on December 4, 2015. Thanks, Greg!
This video from YouTube user “tamekich” shows comet Catalina as seen from Japan on November 25,2015.
View larger. | Michael Jaeger shared this amazing picture of Comet Catalina with EarthSky. He captured this photo from Austria on November 24 and wrote: “I see a faint third tail between the two (main) tails.”
An image taken by Douglas T. Durig this morning – November 23, 2015 – at Cordell-Lorenz Observatory in Sewanee, Tennessee. Notice the two tails. Visit the comets and animations page from Cordell-Lorenz Observatory.
November 22 capture of Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) by Chris Schur from Payson, Arizona. 90-second exposure. Chris caught this image a few minutes before dawn brightness interfered. The twin tails are clearly seen. Visit Chris’ astrophotography page.
Tim Herring in Boise, Idaho, caught the comet on November 22.
Comet Catalina on November 21, 2015 by Douglas T. Durig at Cordell-Lorenz Observatory in Sewanee, Tennessee. Visit the comets and animations page from Cordell-Lorenz Observatory.
View larger. | November 20, 2015 capture of Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) by Ajay Talwar in India. This is the first capture of the comet we saw, after it had rounded the sun, when it emerged into the predawn sky. Visit Ajay’s astrophotography pages at ajaytalwar.com and aperturetelescopes.com.
View larger. | Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) on October 1, 2015 by José J. Chambó (cometografia.es).
View larger. | Photo of Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) by Efraín Morales of the Astronomical Society of the Caribbean. This photo was taken last August, 2015.
Bottom line: Photos of Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) submitted to EarthSky, or posted to our pages on Facebook and G+. Thanks to all who posted!
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View larger. | Greg Hogan in Kathleen, Georgia caught this photo on December 7, 2015. He wrote: “So what are the odds? I was going through the images from Dec 7th and noticed that in one of the shots there was two meteors! One was the tail end of a bright one, and one is faint. I saw some large bright ones that morning but was not sure if they were in the frame. It seems part of one was.”
When Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) emerged into our predawn sky a few weeks ago, many hoped it would become visible to the eye. So far, it hasn’t. But Comet Catalina is still a fascinating object, an icy visitor from the Oort comet cloud thought to surround our solar system and to extend halfway to next-nearest star. The orbits of the small icy bodies in the Oort cloud can be perturbed, perhaps by galactic tides or passing stars. Before entering the realm of the planets, Comet Catalina is thought to have had an orbit around our sun of several million years. It rounded the sun on November 15, 2015 and began heading outward again … this time on a trajectory that will carry it out of our solar system. So enjoy these images of this cosmic visitor, taken by members of the EarthSky community. Our thanks to all who posted!
View larger. | Greg Hogan also created this awesome composite image of the December 7 moon, Venus and Comet Catalina. Greg told EarthSky: “I did one short exposure to expose for the moon. I then merged the two images to over lap to get the lunar details. I used a Canon 7D on a EQ Mount for tracking. I stacked the image in DEEP SKY STACKER and balanced the exposures using Lightroom 4.”
Comet Catalina on December 7 by Geraint Smith in New Mexico.
View larger. | Tom Wildoner in Pennsylvania over-exposed the moon and Venus to catch Comet Catalina nearby. Visit Tom’s blog at LeisurelyScientist.com
View larger. | Nikolaos Pantazis caught the moon, Venus and Comet Catalina from Cape Sounion, Greece on December 7.
View larger. | Comet Catalina caught on December 6, 2015 by Brian D. Ottum in Rancho Hidalgo, New Mexico.
Comet Catalina images taken December 4, 2015 by Doug Durig. Here, you can see some detail in the comet’s tail …
Greg Hogan submitted this photo to EarthSky. It’s Comet Catalina on December 4, 2015. Thanks, Greg!
This video from YouTube user “tamekich” shows comet Catalina as seen from Japan on November 25,2015.
View larger. | Michael Jaeger shared this amazing picture of Comet Catalina with EarthSky. He captured this photo from Austria on November 24 and wrote: “I see a faint third tail between the two (main) tails.”
An image taken by Douglas T. Durig this morning – November 23, 2015 – at Cordell-Lorenz Observatory in Sewanee, Tennessee. Notice the two tails. Visit the comets and animations page from Cordell-Lorenz Observatory.
November 22 capture of Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) by Chris Schur from Payson, Arizona. 90-second exposure. Chris caught this image a few minutes before dawn brightness interfered. The twin tails are clearly seen. Visit Chris’ astrophotography page.
Tim Herring in Boise, Idaho, caught the comet on November 22.
Comet Catalina on November 21, 2015 by Douglas T. Durig at Cordell-Lorenz Observatory in Sewanee, Tennessee. Visit the comets and animations page from Cordell-Lorenz Observatory.
View larger. | November 20, 2015 capture of Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) by Ajay Talwar in India. This is the first capture of the comet we saw, after it had rounded the sun, when it emerged into the predawn sky. Visit Ajay’s astrophotography pages at ajaytalwar.com and aperturetelescopes.com.
View larger. | Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) on October 1, 2015 by José J. Chambó (cometografia.es).
View larger. | Photo of Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) by Efraín Morales of the Astronomical Society of the Caribbean. This photo was taken last August, 2015.
Bottom line: Photos of Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) submitted to EarthSky, or posted to our pages on Facebook and G+. Thanks to all who posted!
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/1Q2xCcT
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