55P/Tempel-Tuttle image of the day

February 17, 1998, 09:26 UT.


Image comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle

Credit & Copyright: National Astronomical Observatory, Japan. Courtesy: H. Fukushima, T. Nakamura, and T. Sekiguchi.

This image was taken using the NAOJ 50cm reflector (F7.3) with a CCD camera and a red filter. A long faint tail is visible.







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