103P/Hartley
Discovered by
Malcom Hartley (Siding Spring, Australia)
on March, 15 1986
The spacecraft
EPOXI performed a
flyby on November,4 2010.
The latest IAU telegrams or the latest CBET's. IAUC Astronomical Headlines.
Minor
planet center's orbital elements and Ephemeris, the comet on
Seiichi Yoshida's Homepage,
Gary W.
Kronk's Cometography
Light
curves on Cometas Obs,
JPL Small body
database
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-03-08 B/W
12 x 2 min. exposure,
2011-03-08 UT 21:59, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
16.70 mag (10x10 box), coma: 15", tail: 15" in PA42
animation: 55 x 2 min. in reality = 55 x 0.07 sec in animation 21:32 - 23:34 UT 2011-03-08
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-11-14 B/W 27 x 40 sec. in reality = 26 x 0.07 sec in animation full size 100% (8MB) 1 min.exp. UT 05:02, 200 mm f-2.8 + EOS 5D Mark II
20 x 40 sec. exposure,
2010-11-14 UT 04:49, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
10.16 mag (60x60 box), coma: 13', tail: 5' in PA290
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-10-22 B/W
5 x 13 sec. exposure,
2010-10-22 UT 04:24, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
9.41 mag (60x60 box), coma: 8', tail: 4' in PA268
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-10-13 B/W
15 x 13 sec. exposure,
2010-10-13 UT 02:21, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
9.59 mag (60x60 box), coma: 7', tail: 12' in PA234
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-10-12 B/W
14 x 16 sec. exposure,
2010-10-12 UT 02:03, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
9.63 mag (60x60 box), coma: 9', tail: 9' in PA233
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-10-11 B/W
24 x 16 sec. exposure,
2010-10-11 UT 01:56, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
9.74 mag (60x60 box), coma: 10', tail: 7' in PA228
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-10-10 B/W
51 x 16 sec. exposure,
2010-10-10 UT 02:25, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
10.04 mag (60x60 box), coma: 8', tail: 3' in PA221
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-10-09 B/W
51 x 16 sec. exposure,
2010-10-09 UT 02:09, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
10.45 mag (60x60 box), coma: 8', tail: 4' in PA213
Analysis of the inner coma with rotational gradient filter "Larson-Sekanina" (MaxImDL Pro 5)
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-10-05 B/W
55 x 20 sec. exposure,
2010-10-05 UT 00:33, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
10.44 mag (60x60 box), coma: 6'30", tail: 1'26" in PA199
40%
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-10-04 B/W animation: 100 x 20 sec. = 100 x 0.07 sec animation (Full Size 23MB)
100 x 20 sec. exposure,
2010-10-04 UT 00:17, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
10.55 mag (60x60 box), coma: 9', tail: 1'40" in PA199
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-09-18 B/W
20 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-09-17 UT 23:58, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
11.62 mag (60x60 box), coma: 7', tail: 1'10" in PA183
103P/Hartley is passing the spiral galaxy PGC 70523 in Andromeda
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-09-12 B/W GIF animation 60 x 0.7 sec. = 60 x 1 min. in reality
60 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-09-12 UT 00:22, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
11.96 mag (60x60 box), coma: 6', tail: 1'14" in PA183
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-09-06 B/W GIF animation 60 x 0.7 sec. = 60 x 1 min. in reality
60 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-09-05 UT 01:59, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
12.42 mag (60x60 box), coma: 8', tail: 40" in PA191
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-09-05 B/W GIF animation 20 x 0.7 sec. = 60 x 1 min. in reality
10 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-09-05 UT 02:14, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
12.45 mag (60x60 box), coma: 8'30", tail: 1'10" in PA183
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-09-02 B/W GIF animation 20 x 0.7 sec. = 20 x 1 min. in reality
20 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-09-02 UT 01:13, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
12.51 mag (60x60 box), coma: 8', tail: 1'40" in PA208
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-08-21 B/W
24 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-08-21 UT 02:14, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
13.24 mag (60x60 box), coma: 11', tail: 2' in PA218
David Carde�osa
found some arcs in the tail on his images of August,20.99 and posted
his observation to the Comet Mailing List
#16681.
I could confirm his observation on my images of the same day: ML
#16682.
103P/Hartley � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-08-20 B/W
50 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-08-20 UT 01:22, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST-10XME
13.42 mag (60x60 box), coma: 11', tail: 2' in PA218