Date: 28 Feb 2005
Time: 21h38m - 21h53m UT
Location: Bolligen, near Bern, Switzerland
Exposure duration: 4 x 3 min
Telescope: Meade SCT 12", f/2.7
Camera: SBIG ST-7
Pointing position: R.A.: 11h06m48s Dec.: +02deg15'31"
Field of view: 22' x 17', North is up, included 17 deg to the
right
Estimated magnitude: 17
Distance to Earth: 1.44 Mio km
URL: Astronomische Gesellschaft Bern http://bern.astronomie.ch
Date: 02 Mar 2005
Time: 21h18m UT
Location: Remzacco Observatory, Italy
Exposure duration: 5 x 180 sec
Telescope: SCT, 8"
Camera: CCD with KAF402ME chip
Pointing position: tbd
Field of view: tbd
Estimated magnitude: tbd
Distance to Earth: to come
URL: none given
Date: 02 Mar 2005
Time: 21h34m - 22h01m UT
Location: Heggedal, south-west of Oslo, Norway
Exposure duration: 209 x 7.5 sec
Telescope: Celestron SCT, 8", focal reducer 0.33 x, on Vixen
GPDX mount
Camera: modified Vesta 690K webcam with b/w chip
Pointing position: tbd
Field of view: tbd
Estimated magnitude: 15 mag
Distance to Earth: to come
URL: http://arnholm.org/
Other info: Click here
for an animation.
Date: 01 Mar 2005
Time: 20h27m40s - 20h44m14s UT
Location: Sormano Astronomical Observatory, Italy
Exposure duration: 4 x 180 sec
Telescope: 50 cm Ritchey-Chretien f/6
Camera: Apogee with 1k x 1k back-illuminated CCD
Pointing position: R.A.: 11h06m10s, Dec.: 02deg24m
Field of view: tbd
Estimated magnitude: 16.6 mag
Distance to Earth: tbd
URL: http://www.brera.mi.astro.it/sormano
Other info: Search for Rosetta close to the bright star just
below the center.
Date: 03 Mar 2005
Time: 08h36m UT
Location: Rocky Top Observatory, Van Buren, AR, USA
Exposure duration: 7 x 30 sec
Telescope: Meade LX 200, SCT, 12", f/10
Camera: SBIG 2000 XM
Pointing position: star GS 265-804 and GS 265-1092
Field of view: 13.1' x 8.7', north is up, east is left.
Estimated magnitude: 15 mag
Distance to Earth: tbd
URL: http://hometown.aol.com/stevepacs/RTOPAGE.html
Other info: Heavy overcast, max. maked eye visibility 3 mag
Date: 03 Mar 2005
Time: 21h40m - 21h47m UT
Location: Heggedal, south-west of Oslo, Norway
Exposure duration: 73 x 5.4 sec
Telescope: Celestron SCT, 8", focal reducer 0.33 x, on Vixen
GPDX mount
Camera: modified Vesta 690K webcam with b/w chip
Pointing position: R.A.10h49m52s, Dec.: 02deg59'17"
Field of view: 24.6' x 18.5'
Estimated magnitude: 13.5 mag
Distance to Earth: 390000 km
URL: http://arnholm.org/
Date: 03 Mar 2005
Time: 20h49m - 20h56m UT
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, England
Exposure duration: 12 x 30 sec
Telescope: 30 cm Newton f/5.2
Camera: SBIG ST9XE
Pointing position: R.A.11h28m, Dec.: 03deg00', North
is up.
Field of view: 23.0' x 16.8'
Estimated magnitude: 13.1 mag
Distance to Earth: to come
URL: none
Other info: the galaxy just to the East of Rosetta is PGC 33240.
Date: 27 Feb 2005
Time: 21h28m - 21h50m UT
Location: Clanfield, England, MPC J84
Exposure duration: 8 x 60 sec @ 2 min intervals
Telescope: 60 cm Newton f/4.75, Hampshire Astronomical Group
Camera: Starlight Xpress MX916
Pointing position: R.A.11h07m05s, Dec.: 02deg15'45"
Field of view: 10.3' x7.7', North is up
Estimated magnitude: 18 mag
Distance to Earth: 1.795 Mio km(!)
URL: not given
Date: 04 Mar 2005
Time: 20h05m UT
Location: Sonnenbühl-Genkingen, Germany
Exposure duration: 5 x 10 sec
Telescope: 10" Newton, f = 1300 mm
Camera: Starlight XPress MX7C
Pointing position: -
Field of view: not known
Estimated magnitude: tbd
Distance to Earth: to come
Other info: Link to the same image with a nice caption.
Date: 04 Mar 2005
Time: 20h10m21s - 20h10m36s UT
Location: Davidschlag Observatory, Austria (IAU-Code 540)
Exposure duration: 15 sec
Telescope: 60 cm Reflector, f/3.3
Camera: SBIG ST-6
Pointing position: R.A.10h02m20s, Dec.: +09deg55'20", North
is up, East is left.
Field of view: 16' x 11'
Estimated magnitude: tbd
Distance to Earth: to come
URL: http://web.utanet.at/raab/pomod/
Other info:
- The bright star on the is HIP49194 with 8,88mag (K0)
- Compensation the proper motion with an electronic-telescope-controller
(8,5'/min).
Date: 04 Mar 2005
Time: 19h30m, 20h30m, 21h20m UT
Location: Talmassons, Italy
Exposure duration: 60 sec each
Telescope: 80 mm Refractor, f/5
Camera: SBIG ST9e
Pointing position: tbd
Field of view: tbd
Estimated magnitude: tbd
Distance to Earth: to come
URL: CAST: Circolo AStrofili Talmassons
Other info: Another image by the same author, Rosetta around 20h06m.
Date: 04 Mar 2005
Time: 21h29m - 21h30m UT
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Exposure duration: 0.25 sec per image ('sense up 12x')
Telescope: 135 mm f/2.5 Pentax lens
Camera: Mintron
Pointing position: tbd
Field of view: tbd
Estimated magnitude: tbd
Distance to Earth: to come
URL: http://home.tiscali.de/astrohardy/mintron/rosetta/rosetta.htm
Other info: 30 video frames added with Fitswork, centered on the spacecraft.
Date: 04 Mar 2005
Time: tbd
Location: Linz, Austria
Exposure duration: tbd
Telescope: 50 cm f/10 Cassegrain
Camera: Mintron
Pointing position: to come
Field of view: tbd
Estimated magnitude: tbd
Distance to Earth: to come
URL: http://www.astrometrica.at/Rosetta/
and Johannes Kepler Observatory
in Linz
