Images taken during the August - September, 1996

August 21, 1996

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Confirmation image of the newly discovered comet 1996 Q1, taken on 1996 Aug. 21.111UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.

August 24, 1996

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This false-color image of comet Tabur was taken on 1996 Aug. 24.109UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.

September 9, 1996

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False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Tabur, taken through the gap in clouds on 1996 Sep. 9.085UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 1 minute. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.

September 14, 1996

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Image of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Sep. 14.114UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 2 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.

Images taken during the Total Moon Eclipse on September 27, 1996

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False-color image of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Sep. 27.111UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, R-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.

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False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Sep. 27.118UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.

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False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Sep. 27.118UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V-filter and Wright CCD. Exposure time was 2 minutes. The frame field of view is 12.5'x8.1'.

True-color image of comet Tabur, taken by B. Jemensek, J. Kac and D. Zaloznik - all are members of Astronomical Society Orion in Maribor

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True color image of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Sep. 27.120UT (start) with the 4.0/200mm lens and Fujicolor G-800 color negative film. Exposure time was 15 minutes. The frame field of view is about 3x2 deg.