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Is Comet Siding Spring splitting up?
This dramatic image, captured by Astronomy Now's Nick Howes of Comet C2007 Q3 Siding Spring on Wednesday, suggests that the comet's nucleus might be disintegrating.
Comet C2007 Q3 Siding Spring as imaged by Nick Howes using the Faulkes Telescope North on 17 March at 15:00 UT. Image details: 6 x 60s images in R,G,B filters processed in Maxim DL (DDP). The comet was positioned at RA 15 22.76 and dec +56 12.4.
Bad weather at FTS
Just in case you were wondering if there was a conspiracy and FT South
was being used for top secret observations, but appearing to be
offline, here are some of the latest pictures. This latest run of bad
weather is not a hoax, as you can see the height of the Australian
winter has decorated FTS with snow!
Snow and Ice at FTN
Many schools have been asking why FTN is not operational because of some ice on the enclosure. To illustrate the extent of the problem, this photo was taken from one of the neighbouring buildings to FTN.
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Bad weather at FTN
