Misato Images of Comet 1996 B2 Hyakutake
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Observers: M. Sakamoto, M. Okyudo
Location: Misato Observatory, Misato-town, Wakayama, Japan
Date: March 26, 1996 16:30 UT
Complex Structure of the CN Emission in the Coma of Comet Hyakutake
We detected a complex structure of the CN emission in the Coma
of Comet Hyakutake on March 26 16.5 UT. We used a LN2-cooled
CCD camera (AstroCam) equipped with the Cassegrain focus of the
1.05-m reflector at Misato Observatory. We think that this structure
was emitted by a fragment of the nucleus. Similar structure of the
C2 emission was detected by Colas et al* at Pic du Midi.
M. Sakamoto and M. Okyudo
Misato Observatory, Misato-town, Wakayama, Japan
E-mail:okyudo@obs.misato.wakayama.jp
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