Periodic Comet 81P/Wild CCD Images

March 6, 2010
False color image of periodic comet 81P/Wild, obtained on 2010 Mar. 6 (0h10-0h15UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope V filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3x60 seconds. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2010 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
False color image of periodic comet 81P/Wild, obtained on 2010 Mar. 6 (0h12-0h16UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope R filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3x60 seconds. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2010 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
October 31, 2009
False color image of periodic comet 81P/Wild, obtained on 2009 Oct. 31 (4h10-4h14UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope V filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3x60 seconds. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2009 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
False color image of periodic comet 81P/Wild, obtained on 2009 Oct. 31 (4h11-4h16UT) with 60-cm, f/3.3 Deltagraph telescope R filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3x60 seconds. Image scale is 1.86 arc sec/pixel. Copyright © 2009 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.


May 28, 1997

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CCD image of comet 81P/Wild 2 obtained on 1997 May 28.877UT with 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and V filter. Exposure time was 2 minutes.  Copyright © 1997 by H. Mikuz.
 
 
February 10, 1997

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False-color (left) and w-b images (right) of comet Wild 2, taken on 1997 Feb. 10.912UT (start) with 36-cm, f/6.8 S-C telescope, V-filter and CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 17x12 arc min.

February 1, 1997

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False-color (left) and w-b images (right) of comet Wild 2, taken on 1997 Feb. 1.932UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 S-C telescope, V-filter and CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 17x12 arc min.

January 28, 1997

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False-color image of comet Wild 2, taken on 1997 Jan. 28.848UT (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 1.2ox0.9o.

January 15, 1997

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False-color image of comet Wild 2, taken on 1997 Jan. 15.826UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. Comet image is close to frame center. The field brightest star is Zeta Cancri. Frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.

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