Observations of Comet Hyakutake
(The images on this page have been processed and compiled by E.V. Ryan.
For more information, I may be contacted at: eryan@csnmhu.edu )
SPECIAL NOTE:
Clumps of condensated material separated from the comet nucleus
on March 24, 1996
at about 0 hrs UT. The Pic du Midi Observatory (France) recorded the event.
The following observations taken at The Vatican Observatory
(Mt. Graham, Arizona; 1.8 meter
VATT Telescope) are pre-separation (March 23, 12:30 UT) and
post-separation (March 25, 6:46 UT). These changes in the comet
nucleus/coma/tail are best examined in the false color images below:
(processed by E.V. Ryan)
March 23, 12:30 UT March 25, 6:46 UT
Processed versions of these images bring out some clumps in the
tail of the March 25 picture, as well as jets in the coma:
March 23, 12:30 UT March 25, 6:46 UT
(33k .gif) B/W image
(24k .gif) False color #1
(34k .gif) False color #2
(46k .gif) B/W image
(49k .gif) False color #1
(44k .gif) False color #2
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