C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
The comet was discovered on December, 10 2010 by amateur Leonid Elenin, Lyubertsy, Russia. The first Russian comet, hearty congratulation!
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,
SpaceObs.org,
Light
curves on Cometas Obs,
JPL Small body
database
If the comet will survive the Sun passage around its perihelion on 2011 Sept. 10.7282 in 0.48 AU distance from the Sun, C/2010 X1 (Elenin) could become a nice object for binoculars from mid October 2011 before dawn.
As feared, the comet dissolved during its nearest approach to the Sun in summer.
After some visual observations of
Juan Jos� Gonz�lez Su�rez and a
ccd detection of Giovanni Sostero, Ernesto
Guido, and Nick Howes, it was clear,
that the comet desintegrated during its Perihelion. Both visual and ccd
observers could confirm the remnant.
C/2010 X1 (Elenin) � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-11-08 B/W
left image: 40 x 30 sec. exposure,
2011-11-08 UT 03:56, 12" SCT
f-6.3 + CCD ST10XME, taken after
Moon Set before Twilight.
right image: 120 x 30 sec. exposure,
2011-11-08 UT 03:56, 12" SCT
f-6.3 + CCD ST10XME
Similiar to images of collegues the remnant of comet Elenin is
still visible. On this comet guided combination of 40 frames on the left,
the structure of the remaining dust and debris is rounded with a size of about 5
arcmin. (compare with
Jean-Fran�ois Soulier's
images)
The red cross marks the theoretical position of the
false nucleus computed from MPC data.
A possible expected tail-like structure, affected by the Solar Wind, is not seen.
The ccd-show is starting slowly ....
C/2010 X1 (Elenin) � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-05-03 B/W
43 x 3 min. exposure,
2011-05-03 UT 20:52, 12" SCT
f-6.3 + CCD ST10XME
16.73 mag, coma: 11", tail: 19" in PA110
animation of 43 images, 43 x 3 min.exp. in reality = 43 x 0.07 sec. in animation
Since one month the low magnitude level is very constant. This comet must have good luck to survive its perihelion.
C/2010 X1 (Elenin) � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-04-19 B/W
18 x 2 min. exposure,
2011-04-19 UT 22:14, 12" SCT
f-6.3 + CCD ST10XME
16.68 mag, coma: 15", no tail
C/2010 X1 (Elenin) � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-04-02 B/W the moving objects: on the left numbered asteroid 12587, on the right comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
55 x 2 min. exposure,
2011-04-02 UT 23:40, 12" SCT
f-6.3 + CCD ST10XME
16.53 mag, coma: 22", tail: 56" in PA297
animation of Gustavo Muler, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain on March, 7 2011
C/2010 X1 (Elenin) � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-03-06 B/W
60 x 2 min. exposure,
2011-03-06 UT 01:56, 12" SCT
f-6.3 + CCD ST10XME
17.04 mag, coma: 13", tail: 29" in PA296
animation of 4 stacked and tracked images - Elenin is crossing through the Minor Planet Belt
C/2010 X1 (Elenin) � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-03-04 B/W
60 x 2 min. exposure,
2011-03-04 UT 02:31, 12" SCT
f-6.3 + CCD ST10XME
17.00 mag, coma: 13", tail: 19" in PA307
animation of 3 stacked and tracked images - Elenin is crossing through the Minor Planet Belt
animation of C10 Maisoncelles (Jean-Fran�ois Soulier) on March, 4 2011
C/2010 X1 (Elenin) � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2011-02-26 B/W
17 x 2 min. exposure,
2011-02-26 UT 02:36, 12" SCT
f-6.3 + CCD ST10XME
17.17 mag, coma: 11", tail: 24" in PA288