M. Jäger and G. Rhemann (Austria)
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This image was taken on 2006 April 8.11 by Michael Jäger and Gerald Rhemann (Austria), using a 25-cm Schmidt camera and a Starlight SXV-H9 CCD camera. It shows four of the comet's fragments.
This image was taken on 2006 April 8.11 by Michael Jäger and Gerald Rhemann (Austria), using a 25-cm Schmidt camera and a Starlight SXV-H9 CCD camera. It shows four of the comet's fragments.
Mini-Comets Coming Off Comet SW-3
Image of Fragment B and associated mini-comets. This is a digitally-enhanced zoom-in version of PR Photo 15b/06 to show in a better way some of the smaller fragments. An arrow indicates the fragments that could be seen, including the main one - on top, the two just below that have just split and five others, much dimmer.
04/25/06: VLT Takes Images of Disintegrating Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3.
European Southern Observatory