Periodic Comet 6P/d'Arrest CCD Images

July 19, 2008
False color image of periodic comet 6P/d'Arrest, obtained on 2008 July 19 (23h09 - 23h20UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope, V filter and CCD. Image is a composite of 3x120 sec co-added exposures. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
False color image of periodic comet 6P/d'Arrest, obtained on 2008 July 19 (23h11 - 23h21UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope, R filter and CCD. Image is a composite of 3x120 sec co-added exposures. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.


May 27, 1995

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This is image is among the first one, obtained during the 1995 apparition. It was taken on 1995 May 27.067UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V-filter and Wright CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 8.9'x10.4'. Comet V magnitude on this frame is 17.5.

May 29, 1995

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Image of comet d'Arrest , taken on 1995 May 29.008UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V-filter and Wright CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 8.9'x8.0'.

June 8, 1995

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Image of comet d'Arrest , taken on 1995 June 8.055UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V-filter and Wright CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 10.5'x11.0'.

June 19, 1995

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Image of comet d'Arrest , taken on 1995 June 19.945UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V-filter and Wright CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 9.0'x9.8'.

June 29, 1995

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False-color image of comet d'Arrest , taken on 1995 June 29.067UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V-filter and Wright CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 10.6'x11.0'.

June 30, 1995

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False-color image of comet d'Arrest , taken on 1995 June 30.997UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, V-filter and Wright CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 11.0'x11.0'.

July 9, 1995

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Image of comet d'Arrest , taken on 1995 July 9.052UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.

August 6, 1995

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This 300 sec exposure of comet 6P/d'Arrest was taken on 1995 Aug. 6 at 00:00:01UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, ST-6 CCD and V filter. The field size is 1.2x0.9 deg with north at top, east to the left. The full-size of coma is about 16'.

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