Hyakutake comet observed at Visnjan Observatory
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Gas trail separation from body of the comet
MPEG animation, (190KB)
This animation was made from the series of images taken from 1:30 U.T. till 2:31 U.T. , March 15.
Period of observations: 1:30 UT - 2:31 UT
Date : March 15, 1996.
Moon : none
Sky : clear
Temperature in the doom : 9 celsius
Temperature of CCD : -10 celsius
Telescope : Newton-Ross, diam.:407mm, fokus:1760mm
Data reduction: dark frame, flat-field




Misaic picture of the comet
This pictures is constructed from the series of images taken with SBIG ST6-CCD camera at Visnjan Observatory .

Date : March 15, 1996.
Moon : none
Sky : clear
Temperature in the doom : 9 celsius
Temperature of CCD : -10 celsius
Telescope : Newton-Ross, diam.:407mm, fokus:1760mm
Data reduction: dark frame, flat-field




Images taken by: Visnjan Observatory
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Animation was made thanks to the Centar za napredno racunarstvo Sveucilista (Center for Advanced Computing)
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