Rosetta: When can we see the comet

Visualisation of how comet 67P, ChuryumovGerasimenko will appear in Rosetta s OSIRIS narrow angle camera between May and August 2014. During this time, the 4 kilometrewide comet will grow in Rosetta s field of view from appearing to have a diameter of less than 1 camera pixel to well over 2000 pixels equivalent to a resolution of around 2 metres per pixel allowing the large surface features to be resolved. The comet featured in this animation is an artist s impression. It is shown to scale,