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ROOISAND Remote @ Rooisand Desert Ranch
Takahashi Epsilon 130ED, f/D = 3.3 PlayerOne Poseidon-C Pro
Skywatcher NEQ6-pro
L 15x5min
75 min
data acquired remotely using Voyager Advanced data acquisition by: Markus Blauensteiner, Oliver Schneider & Faried Abu-Salih
Comet 10P/Tempel
Comet
Piscis Austrinus
2026-08-19 / 23:39 - 00:54 UT
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64.77 Mio km from Earth
distance from sun: 213.76 Mio km What one can see here on the left and right is not the comet's tail, but the dust particles it left behind along its path during previous orbits.