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  Left: This image of 55P/Tempel-Tuttle was obtained with a 60 cm Ritchey Chretien reflector working at f/5. This is a 300 second exposure taken with an Apogee AP-7 CCD. The exposure was taken on 02-15-98 at 00:38:12 UT. Copyright 1998©Tim Puckett. Right: 55P/Tempel-Tuttle on 1998 Feb. 14.78 UT. 25 second exp. CCD frames taken with 26cm f/4. Image shows several jets.
    
Left: An animation of Tempel-Tuttle made with 4 images. The exposure time is 3 min by frame, separate by 90 seconds. I used a 2x2 binning. I made these frames with a T130/720 Vixen and a CCD Pictor 416 XT on 22 January 1998 between 19h40 and 20h0. Lionel Parmeggiani Right: Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle was obtain a 50 cm Newton reflector working at f/5. This is 600 (10x60) second exposure taken with CCD ST-4. The first exposure was taken on 01-18-1998 at 00:01 UT from G.Umbriaco and D.Bellio. Copyright 1998©Osservatorio Astronomico "Don Paolo Chiavacci" ITALY e-mail:donbosco@filippin.it; http://www.calion.com/astro/treco.htm    
These finder charts, which were provided by Dale Ireland, are for Comets 55P/Tempel-Tuttle and 103/Hartley 2 (left) and Comet Hale-Bopp (right). The Hale-Bopp chart is designed for amateurs who are going to the Caribbean for the total eclipse. It includes a horizon view as seen from the latitude of Caracas. (Click on image for larger view.)
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This page has lots of images... a selection of recent images can be found here (revised 2/18/98)...there are hundreds images in the complete archive. Also, check out other home pages with recent images.

Last Updated: 25 February 1998

In this home page:

Comets Currently Visible (1/13/98)

The Great Comet of 1997...

Information on Comet Hale-Bopp for the Non-Astronomer (10/7/97)

Recent News and Observations (2/25/98)

Comet Light Curves (5/9/97)

Ephemerides for Current Visually Observable Comets (1/12/98)

Comet Definitions

Other Sources of Comet Information (2/2/96)

 

Comet Images (7/25/97)

Other Pages Featuring Comet Images

The People Who Discover Comets

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NASA Home Page

JPL Home Page

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