Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Boötes (Boo)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet Hyakutake, 300mm Lens, KHartnett
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Comet Hyakutake, 300mm Lens

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Comet Hyakutake, 300mm Lens, KHartnett
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Comet Hyakutake, 300mm Lens

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See comments under my Comet Hyakutake 28mm Lens photo. In this case, I shot through a Meade 300mm F/6 spotting scope. The exposure was around 5 minutes long on Konica 3200 ASA film.

Note the "disconnection event" in the tail of the comet, where magnetic field lines streaming back from the coma cancelled one another out.

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Comet Hyakutake, 300mm Lens, KHartnett