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Photographer, Location,
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Darrell
Spangler,
Drake, Colorado
March 30 |
#1 |
Darrell Spangler captured
this twilight shot of Ikeya-Zhang setting over the Colorado mountains
on 3-30-02 using a Minolta 25-80 zoom and a 45 sec exposure at
/f3.5 with Fuji 800 film. The Andromeda Galaxy can be seen in
the lower right. |
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DJ
Hanson,
Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
March 30 |
#1 |
DJ Hanson: "The Comet is seen
near Mirach in Andromeda. Tracking was performed by mounting my
camera lens on an Orion EQ-1 mount and performing rough polar
alignment using only the 200mm telephoto lens. 30 March 2002,
03:30 UT. SE of Mountain Home AFB, Idaho." |
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Paolo
Beltrame,
Venezia Giulia, Italy
March 29 |
#1 |
The dust tail of Comet Ikeya-Zhang
is evident in this image by Paolo Beltrame of Italy. The image
comprises 4 stacked exposures of 10-seconds each, and was taken
with a 30 cm. telescope. |
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Dr.
P. Clay Sherrod,
Arkansas
March 29 |
#1 |
Dr. P. Clay Sherrod: "Here
is our image from last night. We were on Petit Jean Mountain under
perfect skies. The comet was a "fist width" above the distant
treetops and visible clearly to the naked eye, with the very delicate
tail seen over 11 degrees in a NNE direction from the comet's
bright central coma." |
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Rudolf
A. Hillebrecht,
Lower Saxony, Germany
March 29 |
#1 |
Rudolf Hillebrecht: "Although
imaged through thin, high clouds, the comet still shows two prominent
tails: a straight blue gas tail and a wonderfully curved dust
tail. Note the small blue gas fan to the left of its head! Over
all, it appears to have much more intensive dust production these
days." |
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Daniel
Steiling,
Stuttgart, Germany
March 29 |
#1 |
Another image of the comet, showing
the effects of the full moon. Daniel Steiling took this from his
backyard in Kirchheim/Teck, Germany. Details on image watermark. |
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Andrea
Aletti,
Filipo Simone, Varese, Italy
March 28 |
#1 |
This data set by the Schiaparelli
Astronomical Observatory in Italy shows remarkable detail in the
coma region. See image for technical data. |
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John
Cordiale,
Queensbury, NY
March 28 |
#1 |
This image, which includes extensive
technical data in the full-size version, was captured with a 500mm
Takahashi refractor on March 28th, from Merope Observatory, Queensbury. |
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Jorgen
Blom,
Near Stockholm, Sweden
March 28 |
#1 |
Jorgen Blom: "Despite 10 minutes
of exposure, the tail in this image is no longer than one degree,
although the full moon may have washed it out somewhat. However,
the tail seems to have grown more 'stubby' since March 24. The
brightest stars in the photo are about magnitude 6 and the faintest
about magnitude 11.5. I used a 300-mm lens. Taken 35 kilometers
south of Stockholm." |
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Benjamin
Kuhne,
Cologne. Germany
March 24,
29 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4 |
Benjamin Kuhne sent four pictures
from two different settings. The image at right shows Ikeya-Zhang
on March 24, a 16-second exposure. The other images are different
fields of view from March 29th. |
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Terry
Lutz,
Plymouth, Ohio
March 27 |
#1 |
Terrrrrry Lutz: "A picture
of comet Ikeya-Zhang that I took on the evening of March 27. It
is a 15 second exposure on Fuji 800 iso film, taken with a Canon
Elan 2, with a 50mm lens at f/2.8. Northern Ohio has experienced
a long stretch of cloudy nights so i jumped at the chance to get
a picture despite the nearly full moon." |
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Dave
Foster,
Ontario, Canada
March 27 |
#1,
#2 |
Two beautiful images of the comet
by Dave Foster of Canada. The bright red star to the right is
Beta Andromedae. |
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Alex
Haege,
Ulm, Germany
March 26 |
#1 |
A picture of Ikeya-Zhang above a
church near the photographer's home in Germany. He used a Nikon
camera, mounted on a motor-driven telescope, with a 180mm lens
at f/2.8. The result is a two-minute exposure. |
