Comet C/1996 Q1 (Tabur) CCD Images


Images taken during October, 1996


October 12, 1996

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Wide-field false-color image of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Oct. 12.16UT (start) with the 3.5/250mm lens, V filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. The frame field of view is 2.0x1.5 deg. It was obtained at the Crni Vrh Observatory station at Miren in rather poor sky conditions (haze).

October 13, 1996

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Wide-field false-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Oct. 13.145UT (start) with the 2.8/180mm lens, CCD and narrow-band H2O+ filter, centered at 620nm (FWHM=10nm). Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 2.6x2.3 deg.

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Wide-field image of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Oct. 13.156UT (start) with the 2.8/180mm lens, CCD and dust continuum filter, centered at 647nm (FWHM=10nm). Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 2.6x2.3 deg.

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Wide-field image of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Oct. 13.142UT (start) with the 2.8/180mm lens, CCD and V filter, centered at 647nm (FWHM=10nm). Exposure time was 2 minutes. The frame field of view is 2.6x2.3 deg.

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False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Oct. 13.142UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, R-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 3 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 Oct. 13.157UT (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.

October 14, 1996

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False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Oct. 14.100UT (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 Oct. 14.136UT (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 Oct. 14.150UT (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 Oct. 14.155UT (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.

October 23, 1996

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False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Tabur, taken in moonlight conditions on 1996 Oct. 23.758UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, R-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 1 minute. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.

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W-B image of comet Tabur, taken in moonlight conditions on 1996 Oct. 23.755UT (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.

October 30, 1996

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False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Oct. 30.736UT (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 Oct. 30.729UT (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.

October 31, 1996

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False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Oct. 31.748UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 S-C telescope, R-filter and Wright CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 17'x11'.

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False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Tabur, taken on 1996 Oct. 31.742UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 S-C telescope, V-filter and Wright CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 17'x11'.

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