Rosetta seen 11/12 Nov 2009 from ESA';s Optical Ground Station (OGS), Tenerife. The movie covers about 30 minutes and consists of images taken every 3 minutes, with an exposure time of 2 minutes. Rosetta moves roughly from East to West (North is up). The background stars are tracked, therefore Rosetta is seen as a short line. Credits: Jyri Kuusela, Lilian Dominguez Palmero - Ataman Science S.L.This excellent animation was created by stitching together a series of images captured last night from ESA's OGS in Tenerife, and was sent to us by email at around 03:00 CET this morning by Kristin Wirth, working at the station. 

The animation covers about 30 minutes and consists of images taken every 3 minutes, with an exposure time of 2 minutes. Rosetta moves roughly from East to West (North is up). The background stars are tracked, therefore Rosetta is seen as a short 'streak' line. Credits: Jyri Kuusela, Lilian Dominguez Palmero - Ataman Science S.L.

She's on her way! :-)

Kristin says the team will also observe tonight (Thursday) and we hope they have equally good luck! Thanks Kristin and all the folks at the OGS.

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-- Daniel