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Observer: Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia
Date: March 1, 1996 03:37, 03:46 UT

Image of comet Hyakutake with diffuse ~0.7o dust tail, extending in ~PA 285o. It was processed from the 300s R- filter exposure, taken with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD. You may also see the W-B negative of this image, and an additional 5-min V filter exposure.

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Observers: Alessandro Dimai, Piergiorgio Cusinato and Alfonso Pocchiesa
Location: Col Druscie Observatory, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date: March 1, 1996 04:05 UT

This is a mosaic of two exposures of 180 sec with CCD Hi Sis 22 and Newton 0,5 m f/3,8. The comet was of 6th magnitude with a coma of about 12' and a tail of 10'-15'.

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Observer: Manuel Lopez Alvarez
Location: Observatorio Acrux, Argentina
Date: March 1, 1996 07:30 UT

Image taken with the 8" Schmidt camera. The comet is over star SAO 182934, RA 14 51 39 decl. 22 40 56 South. The copy was done on TPP5 paper that inverts, i.e. white sky, black stars.

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Observer: John Farrell
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: March 1, 1996 11:15 UT

60 second exposure. The image was taken with 14 inch SCT at f/11 and an Axiom Research AX-2 CCD camera (KAF1600 CCD).

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Observers: Jesse Anderson, Bob Aslanian, Ed Frederick
Location: New England Science Center, Worcester, Massachussetts
Date: March 1, 1996

Image obtained with a ST-6 CCD camera. 30 Second Exposure through an 8" f/10 SCT This image was taken after the bright Moon had set, and just before the onset of the morning twilight. At this time the comet was just high enough (24 degrees altitude) to be out of the atmospheric murk.

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Observer: Otto Farago
Location: Swabian Observatory, Stuttgart, Germany
Date: March 2, 1996 04:02 UT

200 sec exposure. North is up. Taken with a 10 cm f/5.0 refractor and ST-6 CCD.

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Observers: Federico Bellini, Giorgio Luoni
Location: Schiaparelli Observatory, Mount Campo dei Fiori, Varese, Italy
Date: March 2, 1996 04:05 UT

Image taken with a Celestron 14 Schmidt Camera (focal length of 600mm and an aperture of 350mm). Hyperized Kodak Tp 6415 film.Time of exposure 5 minutes. The picture has a field of 50'x 75'. The magnitude estimated with a 10x50 binocular is 6.5.Coma has a diameter of 15'.Tail is about 10'. Moonlight influence.

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Observer: David Hanon
Location: Ringgold, Georgia
Date: March 2, 1996 09:57 UT

These images were taken with an ST-8 camera on a 7" f/9 refractor.

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Observer: John Farrell
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: March 2, 1996 12:13 UT

60 second exposure. The image was taken with 14 inch SCT at f/11 and an Axiom Research AX-2 CCD camera (KAF1600 CCD).

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Observer: Joe Eiers
Location: Sacramento, California
Date: March 2, 1996 12:45 UT

Sketch drawn using a 10" F/6 Reflector, 9mm Nagler, Sacramento, Ca. - naked eye limiting Magnitude= 4.5

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Observer: Rudolf A. Hillebrecht
Location: Grasway Observatory, Bad Gandersheim, Germany
Date: March 2, 1996 05:21 UT, 04:29 UT

Taken with a 5 minute exposure of an ST 5 that was attached to a 7 inch Strafire refractor. The color image was exposed blue with 10 minutes, green with 4 and red with 2. Both images taken with focal length of 690 mm. The black and white image is log. scaled to match visual appearance of the comet and its nucleus region. Note its (still nice slow) movement in the color image (trailing star colors).

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Observer: Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia
Date: March 3, 1996 04:12 UT

V-band negative image of comet, taken with 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD.

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Observer: Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia
Date: March 3, 1996 04:17 UT

Latest wide-field CCD image shows delicate ~3o tail, recorded in the light of singly-ionized water ions. It was taken with the Zeiss 2.8/180mm lens and narrow-band H2O+ filter centered at 620nm (FWHM=10nm). Exposure lasted 10 minutes. Acquired during the short dark gap between the Moonset and dawn. The colors on this and all subsequent images are false and were used in order to enhance the comet tail structure.

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Observers: Sarah Cavalli, Joel Zunato
Location: Schiaparelli Observatory, Mount Campo dei Fiori, Varese, Italy
Date: March 3, 1996 04:19 UT

Image of taken with a Celestron 14 Schmidt Camera (focal length of 600mm and an aperture of 350mm). Hyperized Kodak Tp 6415 film.Time of exposure 4' 30". The picture has a field of 53'x 76'. The magnitude extimated with a 7x50 binocular is 6.1.Tail is about 10'.Moonlight influence. In the upper left corner of the image there is a satellite track.

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Observer: Bob Hatfield
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date: March 3, 1996 10:07 UT, 08:36 UT, 08:53 UT

Image 1: 800mm lens @ 960 sec (24 x 40 secs each) 10:07 UTC

Image 2: C 11 at f 6.3 @ 480 sec at 8:36 UTC, ST5 CCD

Image 3: C 11 at f 6.3 @ 960 sec at 8:53 UTC, ST5 CCD

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Observer: Tom Michals
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: March 3, 1996 10:30 UT

120 sec 4 exposure image taken with a st7 camera and 12" lx200.

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Observer: David McDavid
Location: Limber Observatory, Pipe Creek, Texas
Date: March 3, 1996 11:18 UT

North is up, east is left and the field of view is about 10 arcmin square. This false-color image is a composite of four 100-s exposures with an SBIG Model ST-4 CCD camera mounted on a 4-inch f/10 Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. The camera and telescope combination is attached to the 0.4-m telescope.

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Observer: Osamu Ohshima
Location: Bisei Astronomical Observatory, Bisei, Okayama, Japan
Date: March 3, 1996 19:48 UT

Image taken with 1.0-m telescope and SBIG ST-6 CCD camera. 3 minute exposure in the R-band at F/6.

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Observer: Rolf Bitzer
Location: Sternwarte Albstadt, Germany
Date: March 3, 1996

Telescope: 6", f=500mm Flat-Field-Kamera. Camera: ST-6. Exposure: 240 seconds.

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Observer: Philippe Molett
Location: Public Observatory MIRA, Grimbergen, Belgium
Date: March 4, 1996 02:50 UT

60 second exposure. Celestron Comet Catcher (f=500mm, f/3.5), Cookbook CCD-camera.

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Copyright John E Cordiale 1996
Observer: John Cordiale
Location: ???
Date: March 4, 1996 09:00 UT

CCD image using a FC-65 500mm Takahashi Flourite refractor and a ST4 CCD camera.

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Copyright 1996 Fayetteville Observer-Times
Observer: Johnny Horne
Location: Stedman, North Carolina
Date: March 3, 1996: 10:00 UT, March 4, 1996 10:00 UT

The northward motion of Comet Hyakutake against the background stars is seen in two photographs of the same portion of the night sky taken 24 hours apart. The left photo was made at 5 a.m. EST on March 3; the right photo at 5 a.m. EST on March 4. Both photos were made with a 12.5 inch F/4 Newtonian reflector. Both are 10-minute exposures made on Fujicolor SG-800 film. [The March 4 image was made in strong moonlight].

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Observer: Masami Ohkuma
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
Date: March 5, 1996 18:22 UT, 18:30 UT

Both images taken with 10cm f6.4 + ST-4. 90 second exposures each.

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Observer: Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia
Date: March 6, 1996 03:37 UT, 03:48 UT

These images were taken in broad moonlight! Latest close-up view of comet, recorded in the light of singly-ionized water ions. It was taken with the 36-cm, f/6.8 S-C telescope, CCD and narrow-band H2O+ filter, centered at 620nm (FWHM=10nm). Exposure time was 5 minutes. Note the faint wavy ion tail, extending to NW direction.The colors on this and all subsequent images are false and were used in order to enhance the comet tail structure.

Take a look to another R-band image, taken with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD.

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Observer: Masami Ohkuma
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
Date: March 6, 1996 17:45 UT

Both images taken with 10cm f6.4 + Lynxx. 60 second exposure.

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Copyright 1996 Gordon Garradd
Observer: Gordon Garradd
Location: Loomberah, New South Wales, Australia
Date: March 6, 1996 18:43 UT

100 sec exposure. North is up in this 23' X 15' field, a false colour palette is used to show the extent of the faint parabolic envelope. The brightening on the far right of the image is due to scattered Moonlight in the telescope. Taken with a 25cm f/4.1 Newtonian and HI-SIS 22 CCD.

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Observer: Douglas Snyder
Location: San Jose, California
Date: March 8, 1996 12:45 UT

The image was taken with an ST6 CCD camera attached to a 25cm telescope working at f/6.3. Focal Length of approximately 1600 cm. The Field of View of the image is approximately 14' x 10' (arcminutes). This is a track & accumulate image of 10 each, 60 second exposures, with guiding locked to the comet's coma.

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Observers: Bart Declercq, Philippe Mollet
Location: Public Observatory MIRA, Grimbergen, Belgium
Date: March 9, 1996 02:10 UT

500mm f/3.5 Comet Catcher and Cookbook CCD-camera.

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Observer: Rolf Bitzer
Location: Sternwarte Albstadt, Germany
Date: March 9, 1996 02:46 UT

Image taken with a 6" f=500mm Flat-Field-Camera. Exposure was t= 30 seconds and the picture was first croped and then resampled. A longer exposure was not possible, because the moon was standing nearby the comet.

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Observer: David Hanon
Location: Ringgold, Georgia
Date: March 9, 1996 08:24 UT

False color image taken on a 180mm refractor at f/9 with an ST-8 ccd camera. The image is the result of (20) 30 second images with a mean exposure time of 08:24 UT. The comet is obviously much brighter but the image quality suffers from the proximity of the moon.

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Observer: Masami Ohkuma
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
Date: March 9, 1996 16:05 UT, 18:10 UT, 18:20 UT

Images taken with 10cm f6.4 + Lynxx. 40 second exposure, 45 second exposure and45 second exposure.

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Observer: Otto Farago
Location: Swabian Observatory, Stuttgart, Germany
Date: March 10, 1996 03:12 UT

200 sec exposure. North is up and cut-field 6.8' x 4.4' of view. Taken with a Celestron 14" (350/2890mm) and ST-6 CCD.

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Observers: Jean Lecacheux
Location: Pic du Midi Observatory, France
Date: March 10, 1996 03:39 UT

For this image we used the ASTRIANE camera build with a Thomson 7863 CCD device at the Nasmyth Cassegrain focus of the 105 cm telscope. The exposure time was 20 minutes. This image is the result of substraction of two narrow pass band filters (fwhm = 10 nm) in the red part of the spectrum. Then the dust continuum is removed. The jet position agrees with the rotational period derived from february 19th observations. North is up and west is on the right. The comet was at 0.515 UA from the Earth.

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Observer: David Hanon
Location: Ringgold, Georgia
Date: March 10, 1996 04:22 UT

This image is (20) 30 sec exposures on a 180mm refractor at f/5.5 and ST-8 ccd camera. This image is cropped to about 15 x 22.5 arc minutes.

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Copyright John E Cordiale 1996
Observer: John Cordiale
Location: ???
Date: March 10, 1996 08:45 UT

60 second exposure with ST4.

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Observer: Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia
Date: March 10, 1996 22:59 UT, 23:15 UT

Latest wide-field CCD picture of comet Hyakutake, recorded in the light of singly-ionized water ions was taken with the Zeiss 2.8/180mm lens and narrow-band H2O+ filter, centered at 620nm (FWHM=10nm). This image is composition of two co-added frames and was processed by Bojan Dintinjana. Cumulative exposure time was 12 minutes. Take a look to another R-band image, with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD.