Zlender Images of Comet Hyakutake

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Observer: Udo Zlender
Location: Cologne, Germany
Date: March 26, 1996

These images of comet Hyakutake from 1996, were made under the light polluted sky from cologne inner city. They represent my second attempt to take ccd-images from astronomical objects. Because of a software error many better results from this exceptional night got lost.

Camera: OES-LCCD14 2x2 pixel binning mode , 12 bits AD-resolution
Nikon photo lenses: 50mm/F1.4 and 105mm/F2.5
Tracking: none
Outside temp: 0 deg Celsius
Filter: None
Notes: Urban environment. Exceptional seeing that night.
Exp. time: 8.0 sec, 15.0 sec 
Processing: dark subtracted

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