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Dynamics of a Comet's Tail, Peter Shah (Roboscopes)
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Dynamics of a Comet's Tail

Dynamics of a Comet's Tail, Peter Shah (Roboscopes)
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Dynamics of a Comet's Tail

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There has been thousands of spectacular images recently taken of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas and I have finally joined the party...all be it late!
Imaged on the 23 of October 2024 as it was setting in Spain. Image taken from the Roboscopes admin's Takahashi 180. 

When you compare this comet to many in the past it really does not appear to show a lot of structure...or that is what I thought!  While doing the usual comet process I  noticed quite a bit of  detail showing through the tail and wondered if I was able to see any movement. Surprisingly the tail was pretty dynamic and was showing a coil of debris moving quite quicky down through the tail.

The animation is a timelapse of 29x 30s frames with a OSC camera.


The comet at this stage still shows the 'antii' tail very nicely but significantly more diffused from a few days ago . 



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Thanks for looking 

Peter shah

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