Images from UKAPP

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Comet C/2005 O1 (NEAT) imaged on the 31st July 2005. This was an object originally placed on the NEOCP at the MPC, after being discovered on the 27th July with NEAT. This image shows a diffuse coma of diameter 7.2 arcsec, showing that this is in fact a comet. This is a negative image, with stars and the comet appearing black and the sky white, to enhance the visibility of the coma.

Comet P/2005 JQ5 (Catalina) imaged on the 17th May 2005. This NEO was originally classified as asteroidal until we imaged it and found it was a comet via a visible coma extending several arcseconds from the object.

Comet P/2002 EX12 (NEAT) imaged on the 29th July 2005. This NEO was originally classified as asteroidal for 3 years, and indeed appeared so when we imaged it on May 13th 2005 using the 3.5-m NTT at La Silla when it was at 2.0 AU from the Sun. However Brian Warner at Palomar Divide Observatory saw a tail on the 28th and 29th July when it was much closer to us and the Sun, as did we (extending downwards and to the left). This is a negative image, with stars and the comet appearing black and the sky white, to enhance the visibility of the tail.

Comet C/2005 E1 (Tubbiolo) imaged on the 4th March 2005. This was an object originally placed on the NEOCP at the MPC, after being discovered the day before by A.F. Tubbiolo with the 0.9m Spacewatch telescope. A tail extending more than 15 arcsec to the upper right can be seen. This is a negative image, with stars and the comet appearing black and the sky white, to enhance the visibility of the tail.

2004 XB45 imaged on 16th December 2004. This 10-m NEO was only 601,000 km from Earth when imaged, and 8 hours later missed us by only 326,000 km (less than the distance to the Moon).

2004 TO20 imaged on 23rd October 2004. This is a small object that passed within 13 milllion km of Earth on 29th September that year. Note that this is a negative image (stars are black, the sky is white) to improve visibility. A short animation showing individual frames is here.

2004 QF14, the first Near-Earth Object observed by UKAPP. This is a 100m-200m diameter object that can pass within 2.6 million km of the Earth. Note that this is a negative image (stars are black, the sky is white) to improve visibility.

The Faulkes Telescope North at sunset getting ready to observe. Image courtesy of the Faulkes Telescope Project.

	Comet C/2005 O1 (NEAT) imaged on the 31st July 2005. This was an object originally placed on the NEOCP at the MPC, after being discovered on the 27th July with NEAT. This image shows a diffuse coma of diameter 7.2 arcsec, showing that this is in fact a comet. This is a negative image, with stars and the comet appearing black and the sky white, to enhance the visibility of the coma.
	Comet P/2005 JQ5 (Catalina) imaged on the 17th May 2005. This NEO was originally classified as asteroidal until we imaged it and found it was a comet via a visible coma extending several arcseconds from the object.
	Comet P/2002 EX12 (NEAT) imaged on the 29th July 2005. This NEO was originally classified as asteroidal for 3 years, and indeed appeared so when we imaged it on May 13th 2005 using the 3.5-m NTT at La Silla when it was at 2.0 AU from the Sun. However Brian Warner at Palomar Divide Observatory saw a tail on the 28th and 29th July when it was much closer to us and the Sun, as did we (extending downwards and to the left). This is a negative image, with stars and the comet appearing black and the sky white, to enhance the visibility of the tail.
	Comet C/2005 E1 (Tubbiolo) imaged on the 4th March 2005. This was an object originally placed on the NEOCP at the MPC, after being discovered the day before by A.F. Tubbiolo with the 0.9m Spacewatch telescope. A tail extending more than 15 arcsec to the upper right can be seen. This is a negative image, with stars and the comet appearing black and the sky white, to enhance the visibility of the tail.
	2004 XB45 imaged on 16th December 2004. This 10-m NEO was only 601,000 km from Earth when imaged, and 8 hours later missed us by only 326,000 km (less than the distance to the Moon).
	2004 TO20 imaged on 23rd October 2004. This is a small object that passed within 13 milllion km of Earth on 29th September that year. Note that this is a negative image (stars are black, the sky is white) to improve visibility. A short animation showing individual frames is here.
	2004 QF14, the first Near-Earth Object observed by UKAPP. This is a 100m-200m diameter object that can pass within 2.6 million km of the Earth. Note that this is a negative image (stars are black, the sky is white) to improve visibility.
	The Faulkes Telescope North at sunset getting ready to observe. Image courtesy of the Faulkes Telescope Project.