Comet Hyakutake on April 17, 1996 |
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The majestic comet West visible in March 1976 on the morning sky was for the period of twenty years (1976 -
1996) the only bright comet visible from the northern hemisphere. Therefore it is very interesting that
nearly on the same place in the sky there were visible two bright comets within a one-year period.
Image composing techniques make possible to create a realistic view showing both comets at the same
time. The comparison of the comet Hyakutake (left) and Hale - Bopp (right) is very interesting. The star
cluster which is visible on the right from Hale - Bopp comet is the open cluster M 34 in
Perseus. This image has an interesting successor. Click on the following reference to display the same image in the maximum quality (140 KB, PNG format). |
| Image | Hb_hy.jpg |
| Date | Comet Hyakutake : 17. 04. 1996 Comet Hale - Bopp : 08. 04. 1997 |
| Time | Comet Hale - Bopp : 19:43-19:43.5, 19:45-19:48, 19:48-19:49.5 UT Comet Hyakutake : 19:35 - 19:38, 19:38 - 19:40, 19:41 - 19:45 UT |
| Optics | Comet Hyakutake : Pentacon 2.8/100 mm Comet Hale - Bopp : Sonnar 3.5/135 mm |
| Film | Comet Hyakutake : Fomapan T200 (Kodak T Max, 20 min, 22°C) Comet Hale - Bopp : Ilford Delta 400 (Microphen, 14 min, 20°) |
| Processing | Composition of 3 images of Hale - Bopp comet and 3 images of Hyakutake comet |
| Software | Registar 1.0, Sofo ACC 5.0 |
| Copyright | © 2003 Miloslav Druckmüller |
Page last update: 24.2.2009 |