February 27, 1998

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False-color image of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained  on 1998 Feb. 27.783UT with 19-cm, f/4 flat field S-C telescope, diatomic carbon (C₂) filter and CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. Note a trace of a delicate tail toward the PA ~65o. Copyright © 1998 by A. Milani & H. Mikuz.

February 26, 1998

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False-color image of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained  on 1998 Feb. 26.780UT with 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt telescope, V filter and CCD.
Exposure time was 2 minutes. Note a trace of  delicate tail toward the PA ~65o. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.

February 18, 1998

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False-color image of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained  on 1998 Feb. 18.828UT with 19-cm, f/4 flat field S-C telescope, V filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. Note a trace of a delicate tail toward the PA ~65o. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.

February 11, 1998

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False-color image of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained in moonlight conditions on 1998 Feb. 11.770UT with 36-cm, f/6.7 S-C telescope, V filter and CCD. Exposure time was 2 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.
 
 

February 5, 1998

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False-color image of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained in moonlight conditions on 1998 Feb. 5.802UT with 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt
telescope, V filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 2 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.

January 29, 1998

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False-color image of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained on 1998 Jan. 29.798UT 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 17, 1998
 
  1998 Jan. 17.817UT                   1998 Jan. 17.824UT
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False-color images of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained on 1998 Jan. 17 with 36-cm, f/6.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure times were 5 minutes. The comet has moved about 8 arc min toward the SW during the exposures.Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.

 
January 12, 1998

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False-color image of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained in moonlight conditions on 1998 Jan. 12.193UT with 36-cm, f/6.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V filter and CCD. Exposure time was 2 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.
 
 
January 10, 1998

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False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained on 1998 Jan. 10.217UT with 36-cm, f/6.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.
 
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False-color image of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained on 1998 Jan. 10.228UT with 36-cm, f/6.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, R filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.

 
January 7, 1998

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Unfiltered wide-field image of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained on 1998 Jan. 7.049UT with 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. The bright galaxy, right of the image center is NGC 4449. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.
 

January 1, 1998

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Image of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle obtained on 1998 Jan. 1.193UT with 36-cm, f/6.7 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. Copyright © 1998 by H. Mikuz.