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Old 20-10-2014, 09:18 PM
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Comet Siding Spring - From Mars

I haven't seen anything from any of the orbiters yet but here's a shot from Opportunity taken about 3am local Mars time. The comet was at about 400,000kms when this shot was taken.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opp...HP2665L1M1.JPG

Here's an image from Curiosity but doesn't look like the comet is visible, perhaps more will be revealed when raw images are available:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43581439@N08/15554981826/


If anyone's interested there's a thread on UMSF about MER and MSL observations of Siding Spring here:
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/i...pic=7866&st=60
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