Comet Linear 2000 WM1
Two-tailed comet captured just SW of b Ceti on December 7, 2001.
Cookbook 245 CCD camera + 135mm f2.8 lens
white (median of 12 x 240 sec. images) + cyan, magenta and yellow-filtered images (average of 3 x 240 sec. exposures each)
Changing aparition of Comet Linear 2000WM1
(click on thumbnails below to acces full resolution image and description)
Not impressive yet |
Two tails! Earth almost in the plane of comet's orbit! |
December 7, 2001 Got big and bright - see color version above! |
© Jan Wisniewski