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Comet 1995 O1 Hale-Bopp 1998 Feb 21.441 120 sec exposure. North is up in this 22' X 15' field, false-colour palette applied to show detail in tail and inner coma. The dust in the orbital plane of the comet is still faintly visible as the more upright narrower portion of the tail ( also extends off the S side of the field) with the main dust tail angled more to the left (ENE). Taken with a 25cm f/4.1 Newtonian and HI-SIS 22 CCD from Loomberah NSW Australia, 151.05E 31.33S alt 845m ASL. Copyright 1998©Gordon Garradd
(gjg@mpx.com.au)
 
Images of Comet 69P/Taylor taken on 02/26/1998 at Osservatorio Astronomico "Don Paolo Chiavacci" Crespano del Grappa - ITALY- by G.Umbriaco and D.Bellio. The first image is the original image (sum of 10 exposures of 90 seconds, the first exposure was taken on 02-26-1998 at 20:45 UT) The second image is a false color version. All images were obtained with the 50 cm Newton reflector working at f/5 and CCD ST-4. Copyright 1998©Osservatorio Astronomico "Don Paolo Chiavacci" ITALY e-mail:donbosco@filippin.it; http://www.calion.com/astro/treco.htm
 
Left: Image of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 taken on 02/26/1998 at Osservatorio Astronomico "Don Paolo Chiavacci" Crespano del Grappa - ITALY- by G.Umbriaco and D.Bellio. The image is the sum of 10 exposures of 60 seconds, the first exposure was taken on 02-26-1998 at 19:55 UT All images were obtained with the 50 cm Newton reflector working at f/5 and CCD ST-4. All images were obtained with the 50 cm Newton reflector working at f/5 and CCD ST-4. Copyright 1998©Osservatorio Astronomico "Don Paolo Chiavacci" ITALY Right: Drawing of 103P/Comet Hartley 2 by Nick Martin on Jan 22 1998 (19.00 UT-20.54UT) using a 50cm f4.4 L with a 9 mm Orthoscopic eyepiece. Click here to see previous images

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Last Updated:  13 March 1998

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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 (1/29/98)

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)

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The People Who Discover Comets

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