Comet C/1995 Q1 (Bradfield) CCD Images


CCD observations of this comet during October 1995 showed fairly large coma (10-15') and a sunward tail. It was very prominent on Oct. 14 image and became less conspicious by the end of the month. There was no trace of tail in antisolar direction. Images taken in late November 1995 shows that the comet sunward tail vanished but fairly large circular coma still remained, although it was less condensed.

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This 120s image of comet was taken in moonlight conditions on 1995 Oct. 14 with the 19-cm, f/4 flat-field S-C camera, CCD and V filter. Exposure started at 3:48:01UT.

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V-filter image of comet, taken on 1995 Oct. 27 with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 300s, starting at 3:33:06UT

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Hazy sky conditions appeared on 1995 Oct. 31, when this 300s V image was taken with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD. Exposure started at 3:48:01UT.

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On 1995 Nov. 19, further V filter image of comet was taken with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 300s, starting at 4:12:37UT.

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V-filter image taken on 1995 Nov. 26 with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 180s, starting at 4:58:08UT. Comet is the rightmost object on this CCD frame which contain also two galaxies.

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