Comet Hyakutake

The following are pictures taken of the Comet Hyakutake
with a 35-mm camera mounted on a tripod. I used
Kodak Gold ASA 1000 for the first picture and
Kodak Royal ASA 1000 for the others.
Exposure time varied from 30 sec to 1 min.

All these pictures were taken just outside
our house in Solsberry, IN.

These photos were taken in color but scanned in B & W. I will replace these with color scans very soon.

Alex R. Dzierba

Picture 1: This was taken with a 50mm lens at about 2 a.m. on March 26, 1996.
The Big Dipper is clearly visible. The Mizar/Alcor binary (second last star in the
handle shows up as a double star).
Copyright, Alex Dzierba




Picture 2: This was taken with a 50mm lens at about 4 a.m. on March 27, 1996.
The length of visible tail subtends about 15 degrees in this picture.
Copyright, Alex Dzierba




Picture 3: This was taken with a telephoto lens set at a focal length of 210 mm.
Copyright, Alex Dzierba
This picture was also taken at about 4 a.m. on March 27, 1996.





Picture 4: This was taken with a telephoto lens set at a focal length of 210 mm.
This picture was also taken at about 4 a.m. on March 27, 1996. In the photo, a satellite track can be seen in the upper right but it is not clear in this scanned version.
Copyright, Alex Dzierba


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