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Although Comet
Ikeya-Zhang is approaching our planet, it is also fading as it recedes
from the Sun. Astronomer Clay Sherrod reports on April 18 that "Ikeya-Zhang
is just visible to the naked eye and has dimmed almost one-half magnitude
since April 12." Nevertheless, there's still time to see
the comet before it vanishes. Get up before dawn any morning this
week or next and look north near the W-shaped constellation Cassiopeia;
the comet is a fuzzy blob about as bright
as a 4th magnitude star.
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Spaceweather.com
wishes to thank all those who submitted to the Comet Ikeya-Zhang
gallery! The comet is now fading, and the gallery is now closed
to submissions.
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Photographer, Location,
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Benjamin
Kuhne,
Eifel, Cologne
April 6 |
#1,
#2 |
Benjamin Kuhne, of Cologne, captured
these images of Comet Ikeya-Zhang and Andromeda. Each image represents
a 16-second exposure with an Olympus camera and ISO 400 film.
Image #1 was taken with a 60mm lens, and #2 with a 150mm lens. |
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Dr.
P. Clay Sherrod,
Arkansas
April 6 |
#1 |
Clay Sherrod: "Ikeya-Zhang is now
a morning comet! This image was taken through the big telescope's
4" guide refractor at f/2.8 at about 4:50 a.m. CST!" |
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Rudolf
Hillebrecht,
Juneau, Alaska
April 5 |
#1 |
Rudolf Hillebrecht: "Comet Ikeya-Zhang
is seen passing M31, the blue gas tail stretching out over 11.5
degrees, in this special pano-view which has been put together
from four parts (and 20 single images in them). Images were taken
with a 1.8/200 Canon telelens and D-30 digital camera." |
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Mark
Farmer,
Juneau, Alaska
April 5 |
#1 |
Mark Farmer captured this image
at Bridget Cove, 40 miles north of Juneau, Alaska. He used an
Olympus camera with a 55mm f/1.2 lens. Recorded on Fuji Provia
400 film. |
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Juan
Carlos Casado,
Figueres, Spain
April 5 |
#1 |
Juan Carlos Casado took this image
at an elevation of 1123 meters, in the Oriental Pyrenees. The
image represents a 7-minute exposure on New Superia 1600 film,
with a 300mm f/2.8 telephoto lens. |
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Jorgen
Blom,
Stockholm, Sweden
April 5 |
#1,
#2,
#3 |
Jorgen Blom "These three pictures
of Ikeya-Zhang -together with Andromeda- were taken on April 5th
with ISO 400 slide film and three different lenses: 300, 135 and
29mm." |
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Pekka
Parviainen,
Finland
April 4,
5 |
#1,
#2,
#3 |
Pekka Parviainen of Finland captured
these high-contrast images of the comet and M31, on April 4th
and 5th. |
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Timo
Leponiemi,
Renko, Finland
April 5 |
#1 |
Timo Leponiemi captured this image
of the comet from Finland, using a Nikon camera with 180mm. lens
at f/2.8, and Fuji Provia 400 film, pushed 1 stop. |
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Marco
Verstraaten,
The Netherlands
April 5 |
#1,
#2 |
Marco Verstraaten took these two
images of Comet Ikeya-Zhang with a 300mm. telescope. Each comprises
a 4-minute exposure on Fuji 400 film, under light-polluted conditions.. |
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Alex
Roca and Angels Escuer,
Hortoneda, Spain
April 4, 5 |
#1,
#2 |
Alex Roca and Angels Escuer: "We
think that these two pictures are the best of our series."
They captured the images with a Konica camera and 135mm lens at
f/3.5 and Fuji 100 ISO film, mounted on a hand-guided telescope. |
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Gabriele
Vanin,
Avena, Italy
March
31, April
4 |
#1,
#2 |
An series of images of Comet Ikeya-Zhang,
by Gabriele Vanin, captured March 31st and April 4th. The first
image used 1600 Kodak film and was a 4-minute exposure. The second
image used 400 Kodak film, with an exposure time of 8 minutes. |
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