COMET IMAGE GALLERY (comets 401-500)
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COMET IMAGE GALLERY (comets 401-500)
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| Comet Boattini C/2007 W1 (no. 427). Left: CCD image (combined exposure time 7 minutes) taken with the Earthrise Institute's 30-cm telescope on the night of April 11-12, 2008. Right: Image taken evening of May 4, 2008 by Ray Maher of Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet Boattini C/2007 W1 (continued). CCD image obtained on the morning of July 1, 2008 by "Countdown" mentor Mike Holloway in Van Buren, Arkansas. The comet had just become visible in the morning sky and was very close to the horizon in early dawn. Image used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet LINEAR C/2007 G1 (no. 428). CCD image obtained April 15, 2008 by Sergey Shurpakov in Belarus. The comet is the small, slightly diffuse object to the lower left of the bright star above the center of the black circle. Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup (no. 429). CCD image obtained April 14, 2008 by Sergey Shurpakov in Belarus. The comet is the vague and diffuse object near the center of the black circle.Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet Boattini C/2008 J1 (no. 430). CCD images obtained by Sergey Shurpakov in Belarus. Left: Image obtained May 4, 2008; the comet is the diffuse object near the center of the black circle. Right: Image obtained July 4, 2008. Both images used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet Boattini C/2008 J1 (continued). CCD image obtained July 1, 2008 by "Countdown" mentor Mike Holloway in Van Buren, Arkansas. Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet Beshore P/2008 J2 (no. 431). CCD image obtained May 10, 2008 by Sergey Shurpakov in Belarus. The comet is the slightly diffuse object near the center of the white circle.Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet Lulin C/2007 N3 (no. 432). Left: The comet's discovery images, obtained by the Lulin Sky Survey in Taiwan on July 11, 2007. In the three negative images, the comet's image is indicated by white tick marks; the false-color image at lower right is a "stacked" image of the comet (in center) showing its motion against the background field stars. Right: CCD image taken at the Lulin Observatory in Taiwan on May 12, 2008. All images provided courtesy of "Countdown" mentor Quanzhi Ye, used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comet Lulin C/2007 N3 (continued). Left: Combined CCD image (18 exposures, total exposure time 9 minutes) obtained with the Earthrise Institute CCD system on the morning of June 11, 2008. An unforeseen problem with the field de-rotator is responsible for the curvature of the star trails. Right: CCD image obtained July 4, 2008 by Sergey Shurpakov in Belarus. Used with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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