71P/Clark |
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Past, Present, and Future Orbits by Kazuo Kinoshita |
![]() Copyright © 2006 by Tim Puckett and Ingrid Siegert (Georgia)
The CCD image was taken on 2006 May 30, using a 0.30-m f/7 Meade LX-200 and an SBIG ST-6 CCD camera. It is a 300-second exposure. Discovery Michael Clark (Mount John University Observatory, New Zealand) discovered this comet on June 9, 1973, near the edge of a photographic plate exposed for the southern variable star patrol. The comet was confirmed the next morning. The comet was described as diffuse, with a total magnitude of 13, and exhibited a tail one arc minute long. Historical Highlights Additional Images ![]() Copyright © 1995 by Toru Yusa (Kogota, Japan)
The CCD image was taken on 1995 October 13.47, using a 0.20-m f/5.9 Meade LX-200 and an SBIG ST-6 CCD camera. The comet appears very tiny in this image, because its magnitude was then only slightly brighter than 16. It is indicated by the two marks.
![]() Copyright © 1995 by Tim Puckett and Ingrid Siegert (Georgia)
The CCD image was taken on 1995 December 10.04, using a 0.30-m f/7 Meade LX-200 and an SBIG ST-6 CCD camera. It is a 300-second exposure. |