Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) at NOAO using the 2.1m Telescope
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This is a K-band (2.2 micron) image
of the nuclear region of Comet
Hyakutake on March 29. It has been processed by subtracting the gross
underlying structure of the comet to highlight the structure in the coma.
Several jets are seen surrounding the nucleus, and the tail exhibits
one of the `knots' seen in the optical. The pixel size is 0.2 arc seconds,
and this picture is about one arc minute square.
This image was taken on the Kitt Peak
2.1m telescope with the ALADDIN
1024x1024 InSb array and NOAO IR&D camera, by Al Fowler (NOAO),
Ian Gatley (NOAO), Arne Henden (USNO/USRA), and Frederick Vrba (USNO).
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