Comet Tempel-Tuttle on Jan 31 1998


Date & Time: Jan 31 1998, 19:17 JST(+0900), 6min. Exp.
Optical: PENTAX 7.5cm(2.9") ED refractor (f=500mm, F6.7)
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial
Camera: VIXEN VX-1
Film: Fujicolor Super G Ace 800
Location: Ooizumi vil., Yamanashi pref.


This image shows you the comet Tempel-Tuttle, known as the parent comet of Leonids meteor shower, on evening of Jan 31, 1998. The comet positioned between Andromeda and Triangulum. I could detect the coma like a lump of light with a 4"-binocular. The brightness could be estimated as 8th magnitude.



Lee on May 8 1999
HB on May 10 1997

Copyright(c) 1998 by Naoyuki Kurita, All rights reserved.
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