| March 10, 1996 | |
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Wide-field CCD image of comet Hyakutake, recorded in the light of singly-ionized water ions was taken on 1996 Mar. 10, with the Zeiss 2.8/180mm lens and narrow-band H2O+ filter, centered at 620nm (FWHM=10nm).
This image is a composition of two co-added frames and was additionally processed by Bojan Dintinjana. Cumulative exposure time was 12 minutes, centered at 22:59:30UT. The FOV (field of view) is 163'x107'.
The comet was just climbing above the trees when this image was taken during the short dark period until the Moonrise. Note at least ~4o long ion tail with disconnection between the nucleus distance 1.0o - 1.4o.
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| March 6, 1996 | |
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Close-up view of comet, recorded in the light of singly-ionized water ions was taken on 1996 Mar. 6, with the 36-cm, f/6.8 S-C telescope, CCD and narrow-band H2O+ filter, centered at 620nm (FWHM=10nm).
Exposure time was 5 minutes, starting at 3:37:09UT. Note the faint wavy ion tail, extending to NW direction. Taken in broad moonlight!
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Take a look to another R-band image, taken on 1996 Mar. 6, with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD.
Exposure started at 3:47:42UT. Obtained in broad moonlight!
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| March 3, 1996 | |
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Wide-field CCD image of comet Hyakutake with delicate ~3o tail.
It was recorded in the light of singly-ionized water ions on 1996 Mar. 3, with the Zeiss 2.8/180mm lens and narrow-band H2O+ filter centered at 620nm (FWHM=10nm).
Exposure lasted 10 minutes, starting at 4:17:21UT. Obtained during the short dark gap between the Moonset and dawn.
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V-filter negative image of comet, taken on 1996 Mar. 3, with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD. Exposure started at 4:11:49UT.
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| March 1, 1996 | |
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Image of comet Hyakutake with diffuse ~0.7o dust tail, extending in ~PA 285o.
It was processed from the 300s R- filter exposure, taken on 1996 Mar. 1, with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD. Exposure started at 3:37:17UT.
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You may also see the B-W negative of previous image.
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Additional 5-min V-filter exposure started at 3:46:33UT.
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