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Observer: John Farrell
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: April 1, 1996 02:59 UT

Comet 1996 B2 imaged with a 0.36 cm SCT at f/7 and an Axiom Research AX-2 CCD camera binned 2x2. The exposure time was 15 seconds.

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Observer: Bill Whiddon
Location: San Pedro, California
Date: April 1, 1996 03:20 UT

300 mm f/4 on hypered Tech Pan 2415 from San Pedro, California (In Los Angeles Basin) with nearly full moon. First image is a 1 minute exposure, second image is a 2 minute exposure.

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Observers: A. Ozguc, O. Barlas, H.Bolge, L. Altas, T. Atac, A. Duzgelen
Location: Kandilli Observatory, Istanbul, Turkey
Date: April 1, 1996 18:30 UT

This image was taken with 1600 fujicolor film, exposure time was 3 minutes. The camera was mounted on a refractor with an objective at f/9, focal length 147cm.

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Observer: Pierre Ouimet
Location: Quebec, Canada
Date: April 1, 1996

Images taken with a camera ST-6 and a LX200 8" f/1.0.

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Observer: ???
Location: Teide Observatory, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Date: April 1, 1996

R filter, 3 minute exposure taken with 0.82 IAC 80 telescope. Image shows jet structure leaving the comet nucleus.

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Observers: Geraint Jones, Steve Fossey
Location: University of London Observatory, Mill Hill
Date: April 2, 1996 00:00 UT

This image was taken using the 0.6 metre Radcliffe refractor. A 10-minute CCD image was obtained through a narrow-band filter centered at 6205 Angstroms, which included emission from H2O+ ions, while another was obtained through a second narrow-band filter centered at 6250 Angstroms, which let through dust-scattered sunlight alone. By subtracting the dust image from the dust and ions image, the tail rays were revealed.

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Observer: John Farrell
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: April 2, 1996 02:44 UT

A 15 second exposure taken with a 36 cm SCT at f/7 and an Axiom Research AX-2 CCD camera. The image shows the shells in the coma and a fragment in the tail. The inset shows the spiral jets near the nucleus.

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Observers: Russell Allen, Glenn Allen
Location: Dayton, Texas
Date: April 2, 1996 04:30-05:30 UT

Images taken with asa 400 Fuji film. They were as follows close 200mm lens, close closeup 300mm lens, ven@comt 28mm lens, superzoom with 300mm lens and doubler. Exposer time was 2 minutes, 3.5 minutes, 45 seconds, 5 minutes respectively.

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Observer: David Hanon
Location: Ringgold, Georgia
Date: April 3, 1996 00:00 UT

The image is a 5 minute exposure with a 300mm lens at f/2.8 and ST-8 ccd camera. The near full moon and sky-glow interfered with imaging but several streamers can be seen leaving the coma and some dark lanes in the tail.

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Observer: Tim Puckett
Location: Villa Rica, Georgia
Date: April 3, 1996 01:29 UT

This image of 1996b2 was obtained with a 30 cm reflector working at f/7.3 This is a 90 second exposures made with the ST6 camera. Image was processed to bring out the jets. North is up , field is 13.5 x 9.5 minutes.

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Observer: John Farrell
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: April 3, 1996 07:33 UT

This is a 10 second exposure taken through thin clouds. The image was taken with a 36 cm SCT at f/7 and an Axiom Research AX-2 CCD camera. The fragment visible on April 1 and 2 has become too diffuse to detect. The inset shows the spiral jets near the nucleus.

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Observer: Saeki
Location: Kumanmoto Civil Astronomical Observatory, Japan
Date: April 3, 1996

20cm f4.

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Observer: Peter Barvoets
Location: Vermont
Date: April 3, 1996

Fuji 1600 ISO print film. 105mm at f2.8. 3 minutes. Type 3 double arm barn door. Limiting mag , 7+. Taken during eclipse of moon.

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Observer: George Varros
Location: Mt. Airy, Maryland
Date: April 4, 1996 00:30 UT

Photographed during the Lunar Eclipse April 3,1996 around 7:30 pm EST using a 55mm f/2.0 3 minute exposure on Kodak Gold 400.

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Observer: Sylvian Juteau
Location: Quebec, Canada
Date: April 4, 1996 01:30 UT

Lentille 105mm F 5.6. Temps de pose 7 minutes.

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Observer: Kurt Svihla
Location: Vevay, Indiana
Date: April 4, 1996 01:40 UT

Canon AE-1, 50 mm lens, F2.8, 45 seconds, Kodak Royal Gold 1000.

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Observer: Tim Puckett
Location: Villa Rica, Georgia
Date: April 4, 1996 01:56 UT

This image of 1996b2 was obtained with a 30 cm reflector working at f/7.3 This is a (3) 120 second exposures made with the ST6 camera. Image was processed to bring out the jets. North is up , field is 13.5 x 9.5 minutes.

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Observer: John Farrell
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: April 4, 1996 03:22 UT

A 10 second exposure through clouds taken with a 36 cm SCT at f/7 and an Axiom Research AX-2 CCD camera. The inset is processed to show the jets near the nucleus.

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Observer: James Wallace III
Location: Terre Haute, Indiana
Date: April 5-8, 1996 UT

All images were taken with a Nikon 35mm camera with a 50 mm lens set at 2.2 f/stop, on a fixed tripod, with 45 secod exposures on Kodak Royal Gold 1000asa print film. Image is a composite of 2 images, one taken on april 5 at 02:01 UT. Clouds are apparent. The other taken on april 8 at 02:04 UT.

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Observer: John Farrell
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: April 6, 1996 02:39 UT

A 15 second exposure with a 36 cm SCT at f/7 and an Axiom Research AX-2 CCD camera binned 2x2.

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Observers: Bojan, Dintinjana, Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia
Date: April 6, 1996 19:18 UT

Wide-field true color image taken with the 2.8/180mm lens, CCD and narrow-band filters (H2O+ and red continuum). Two consecutive frames of 5-min duration were taken between 19:18 and 19:40UT. The frame field of view is 3.8x2.5 deg.

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Observer: Masami Ohkuma
Location: Owakundai, Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan
Date: April 6, 1996 UT

PENTAX LX 55mm F1.2 Fuji Super G800 film
5 sec Exposed
 
PENTAX LX 55mm F1.2 Gas-Hypered TP2415 film
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PENTAX LX 85mm F1.4 Gas-Hypered TP2415 film
about 45 seconds Exposed
 
PENTAX LX 85mm F1.4 Gas-Hypered TP2415 film
about 60 seconds Exposed

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Observer: David Hanon
Location: Ringgold, Georgia
Date: April 7, 1996 01:03 UT, 01:17 UT

The first image is is a 5 minute exposure with a 300mm f/2.8 lens and ST-8 ccd camera. The second image is (20) 30 sec exposures with the same equipment. Both images cover 2.57 deg across x 1.7 deg high.

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Observer: Roy Parrish
Location: Bellevue, Lousianna
Date: April 7, 1996 02:20 UT

First image is a 20-minute exposure on gas-hypered Fujichrome 200 film, taken with a 200-mm Nikkor lens at f4, 1A filter, mid-time of exposure 1996 Apr 07 02:20 (UT). Guided on the comet.

Second image is the same image with a histogram equalization done by the commercial software Hijaak Pro (pretty low-tech, but it looks like it reveals some more of the tail and perhaps the presence of a second tail).

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Observer: John Farrell
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: April 7, 1996 02:42 UT

This image is a 30 second exposure taken with with a 36 cm SCT at f/7 and an Axiom Research AX-2 CCD camera. The inset shows detail near the nucleus.

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Observer: Jean Lecacheux
Location: Pic du Midi Observatory, France
Date: April 7, 1996 20:43 UT

Hyperfine structure in the inner dust shell.

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Observer: David McDavid
Location: Limber Observatory, Pipe Creek, Texas
Date: April 8, 1996 02:38 UT

North is up, east is left, and the field of view is about 3 degrees square. This image is a composite of six 5-s exposures with a Photometrics CCD camera (Thomson 512 CCD) and a 55-mm Nikon lens at f/4, using the 0.4-m telescope.

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Observers: Adolfo Cabral, Pepe Farah
Location: University of Sonora, Mexico
Date: April 8, 1996 03:58 UT

6cm refractor + CCD ST-4X, 30 second exposure.