January - April 1998

April 14, 1998

65K
False-color image of periodic comet 103P/Hartley 2 obtained on 1998 Apr. 14.825UT with 36-cm, f/6.7 S-C telescope, V filter and CCD.
Exposure time was 2 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.

February 21, 1998

130K  132K
False-color images of comet 103P/Hartley 2 obtained on 1998 Feb. 21 with 36-cm, f/6.7 S-C telescope and CCD.
Left image: 2-min exposure with V filter, centered at Feb. 21.807UT
Right image: 3-min exposure with R filter, centered at Feb. 21.827UT
Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.
 
 

February 18, 1998

67K
False-color image of comet 103P/Hartley 2 obtained on 1998 Feb. 18.813UT with 19-cm, f/4 flat-field S-C telescope, V filter and CCD.
Exposure time was 2 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.
 
 

February 14, 1998

126K
False-color image of comet 103P/Hartley 2 obtained on 1998 Feb. 14.824UT with 19-cm, f/4 flat-field S-C telescope, R filter and CCD.
Exposure time was 2 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.
 
 

January 29, 1998

90K
False-color image of  periodic comet 103P/Hartley 2 obtained on 1998 Jan. 29.813UT  with 20-cm,  f/2 Baker-Schmidt telescope, V filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.
 
 

January 10, 1998

145K
False-color image of  periodic comet 103P/Hartley 2 obtained in moonlight conditions on 1998 Jan. 10.742UT  with 36-cm,  f/6.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V filter and CCD. Exposure time was 2 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.