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File:Hyakutake Colour.jpg

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English: Image of comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake), taken on 1996 March 25, with a 225mm f/2.0 Schmidt Camera (focal length 450mm) on Kodak Panther 400 colour slide film. Exposure 0:56 to 1:06 UT (10 minutes). The field shown is about 6.5°x4.8°. Note the prominent disconnection event in the comet's ion tail. Stars in the image appear trailed, as the camera tracked the comet during the exposure.
Date 25 March 1996
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Author E. Kolmhofer, H. Raab; Johannes-Kepler-Observatory, Linz, Austria ( http://www.sternwarte.at)


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