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General Astronomy => Lastest Astronomy News => Topic started by: TT (wasPW) on April 02, 2014, 04:30:34 PM
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The European Space Agency’s comet-chasing spacecraft has imaged its destination for the first time since waking up from 957 days of hibernation.
(http://media.skyandtelescope.com/images/RosettaComet341x210.jpg)
In this narrow-angle view, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko looks like one more bright dot in a field of stars, but that’s because Rosetta is still months away from reaching it. This is the first image take since Rosetta woke up from electronic hibernation back in January 2014.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/Rosetta-Spots-Its-Comet-252717881.html (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/Rosetta-Spots-Its-Comet-252717881.html)