New perspectives – #CometWatch 6 February
▻http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/02/11/new-perspectives-cometwatch-6-february
Today’s CometWatch entry presents the #navcam’s first single frame image capturing the entire #comet nucleus since leaving bound orbits last week. The image was taken on 6 February from a distance of 124 km to the centre of #Comet_67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The 1024 x 1024 pixel image frame therefore has a resolution of 10.6 m/pixel and measures 10.8 km across. The image provides a stunning contrast to the recent close-up #Images, offering new perspectives on the extent of the comet’s activity. Indeed, the jets emanating from Hapi (the neck region) extend towards the edge of the frame in the upper right. Adjusting the intensity scaling, as we have done in this image, also emphasises the nebulous ‘glow’ of activity that appears to be coming from all over the sunlit surfaces of the nucleus. (...)