Comet Lee early morning on Aug 11, 1999


Date & Time: Aug 10 1999, 27:16 JST(+0900), 4min. Exp.
Optical: MC Rokkor f=135mm F2.8, Aperture: F2.8
Auto-guided with Kenko SKYMEMO Equatorial
Camera: MINOLTA XD
Film: Kodak MIYABI 400
Location: Koumi town., Nagano pref.


In summer of 1999, the comet Lee moved to eastern skies in dawn and a fairly clear tail could be observed. The comet in that day was positioned between Auriga and Gemini with a visual brightness of 7th magnitude; rose from northeast horizon past 1:30.
This image is cropped with an equivalent focal length of 300mm turning the zenith direction upward. You can detect a dimmed tail stretched upward. And this image can show you another anti-tail in the opposite direction.


LINEAR on Jan 7, 2000
Comet Lee on May 8, 99

Copyright(c) 1999 by Naoyuki Kurita, All rights reserved.
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