Comet Hyakutake on Apr 13 1996

Date & Time:	Apr 13 1996, 19:46 JST(+0900), 10min. Exp.
Optical:	PENTAX 7.5cm(2.9") ED refractor with conversion lens (f=360mm, F4.8)
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera:	MINOLTA SRT-101
Film:	Fujicolor SuperG Ace 400
Location:	Minamimaki vil,. Nagano pref.

I saw the comet Hyakutake off sinking toward the evening western skies. At that time the comet had a brightness of 3rd magnitude. Although it has no flashy appearance in the latter half of March, the thick tail seems exactly a broom, shows a beautiful figure as great comet. I estimated a length of tail as a bit shorter than 10 degrees with naked eyes, and this picture shows over 20 degrees.

Tabur on Sep 15 1996

Hyakutake on Apr 13 1996(f=80mm tele)

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