C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
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C/2013 A1 is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 3 January 2013 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory using the 0.5-meter Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope.
Comet Siding Spring as seen by Hubble on 11 March 2014
Orbiters take cover from Comet Siding Spring during Mars flyby
Mars as seen from Comet Siding Spring
Comet Siding Spring as seen from Mars
Astronomy on Mars
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Many astronomical phenomena viewed from the planet Mars are the same as or similar to those seen from Earth; but some are quite different. For example, because the atmosphere of Mars does not contain
C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
…3 March 2013, Pan-STARRS precovery images from 4 October 2012 were announced that extended the observation arc to 148 days. Comet Siding Spring passed extremely close to Mars on 19 October 2014 at 18:28 ± 0:01 UTC. Initial observations by Leonid Elenin on 27 February 2013, suggested that it might pass 0.000276 AU…
Mosaic of two different Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) exposures of Earth, the Moon, and Jupiter from 2003
Mars sky at sunset, as imaged by the Spirit rover (May, 2005).
Mars sky at sunset, as imaged by the Curiosity rover (February 2013; Sun simulated by artist).
Earth and the Moon as viewed from Mars (MRO; HiRISE; November 20, 2016)