Ikeya-Zhang - 31 march 2002

In the evenging of Easter Ikeya-Zhang was at it's best, like Hale-Bopp in 1997 and Hyakutake in 1996. It show a ion tail of blue colour and a dust tail of yellow colour and a little curved.
 

Technical Data
Optics Pentax 75 apochromatic refractor
Focal Lenght 500 mm
Focal Ratio f/6,7
Exposure Time 12 min exposure
Film Kodak E200
Developement sensibility 320 ISO
Location San Martino (VA, on the pre-Alps, Italy) at 1083m
Date and time of exposure start 31 march 2002, 19.15 UT
Mount Kenko NES
Tracking Manual at 100x
Notes Coauthor Alberto Brunati that manual guided this image

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