SOHO Images of Comet 1996 B2 Hyakutake
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Observer: SOHO Spacecraft
Location: Solar Orbit
Date: May 1, 1996
Comet 1996 B2 Hyakutake Images From LASCO C3 Coronagraph
On May 1, 1996 there was a coronal mass ejection (CME) seen by the LASCO C3
coronagraph while the Comet Hyakutake was also in the field of view. This
provided a spectacular picture of a comet and an explosive solar event in
which matter streams out from the sun at hundreds of kilometers per second
in a single image. This image was created by subtracting an image prior to
the CME from one during the CME. This has the effect of emphasizing the
changes in the corona.
Comet 1996 B2 Hyakutake Home Page
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