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[vsnet-obs 2376] Hyakutake Observation
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 02:26:15 -0500
- To: vsnet-obs@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- From: "Louis Binder,O.D." <binder@Onramp.NET>
- Subject: [vsnet-obs 2376] Hyakutake Observation
- Sender: owner-vsnet-obs@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
1996 Mar 14.27 UT: m1=4.5,Dia.~14',DC=4 ...7x35B...Louis
Binder(Sugarland,Texas)
[Fan shaped tail area to the SE approx 30' and with averted vision a
possible tail 15'
longer,Naked eye with averted vision at approx 17 deg altitude]
Limited magnitude with binoculars was 7th mag. A fan shaped glow
extended toward the SE approx 30' and with averted vision a
possible taial was seen extending from the coma approx anaother
15', this makes the total length of the comet at 45'. This was done
with light pollution rated as moderate