Visual CCD Observations of Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2)

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Sep 1996

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American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #28, #09.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 28, p.1088

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We will present results of observations of Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2) made with the Lowell 31" Telescope, located on Anderson Mesa in Flagstaff, AZ. The images were made using the National Undergraduate Research Observatory (NURO) CCD, a 512 x 512 array covering a 4 arcmin x 4 arcmin area of sky, and narrowband filters optimized for observing cometary emissions in the visual wavelength region. Our observations were made between 31 March and 8 April 1996 (UT), while the comet was receding from Earth after its closest approach. Most of our data were centered on the light-center of the comet, and show distinct differences in the appearances of the dust, ion and gas components in the inner coma. In some filters (particularly those in continuum regions of the comet's spectrum), we see evidence for a periodic release of material on the sunward facing portion of the comet. Because our observations were limited to only a few hours each night, before the comet reached too high an air mass to be observed, we are not able to independently determine the period of these outbursts. However, our initial analysis of the data support the 6 hr. 14 min. period determined by Schleicher et al. (personal communication), as well as any integer multiple of this period. This work was partially supported by NASA grant NAGW-2811.

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