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Further images of Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) were taken on the evening of 2001-11-26 with an ST-7e CCD Camera through an 8" LX200 f/10 telescope. An image of NGC 772, a galaxy lying 2 arc degs away was also taken.

Stacked Image - click on image for details

The comet had brightened significantly since images of 2001-11-01, 25 days early. The comet motion relative to background stars was noticeably faster and the comet had developed a tail pointing away from the sun.

C/2000 WM1 Animation

C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)

2001-11-26, 22:26 to 22:39h UT,  Animation produced from 10 x 60s CCD images taken over a 13 minute period

2001-11-26, 22:42 to 22:52h UT,  Animation produced from  13 x 20s CCD images taken over a 11 minute period. Comet C/2000 WM1 shows  92 arcsecs of movement over this time. equivalent to 9.1 arc min/hour

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C/2000 WM1 Images

C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)
Two images of C2000 WM1 taken 25 days apart.  Same exposure length, same display range The brightening in the comet over the period is very obvious.
2001-11-26, 22:38h UT  60 sec exposure (#11032)	2001-11-01, 22:38h UT  60 sec exposure (#9008) Image taken 25 days earlier
2001-11-26, 22:38h UT  60 sec exposure (#11032)	2001-11-26, 22:38h UT  60 sec exposure, false colour  (#11032)
CCD Images taken with ST-7E at 1x1 binning, though 8" LX200  at exposures of 1 minute. CCD Temperature -20 deg C (except #9008) Images autoguided on star adjacent to main field of view.
(click on an image for details & larger view)

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NGC 772 - Spiral Galaxy

NGC 772 (Aries)

2001-11-26, 23:05h UT 5 min exposure (#11058)

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