Comet 55 P/Tempel-Tuttle

Date: January 1998
Location: 's-Gravenwezel, Belgium

JAN 22 - 21:46 UT
2 min CCD-frame
Comet fading already compared to Jan 14 image

JAN 10 - 23:09 UT JAN 14 - 23:31 UT
2 min CCD-frame 2 min CCD-frame
Brightest star center left = GSC 3837 559, mag 11.2 Brightest star lower left = HIP 53979, mag 8.7
Image noise due to disturbing moonlight Comet visibly brightened over 4 days

Below: 5 stacked images 1998 Jan 10 - 23:00 to 23:30 UT
Camera: Pixcel 255 CCD images with Celestron Fastar 8 telescope at F/2
Image: Total exposure: 5 x 2 min, field of view: 20 x 15 arcmin near delta Ursa Majoris
Comments: Left : frames stacked on comet position enhance the comet brightness.
Right: frames stacked on star position to show the fast comet movement
The star magnitudes in this field range between 11.0 and 16.5 !

JAN 10 - 23:09 UT	JAN 14 - 23:31 UT
2 min CCD-frame	2 min CCD-frame
Brightest star center left = GSC 3837 559, mag 11.2	Brightest star lower left = HIP 53979, mag 8.7
Image noise due to disturbing moonlight	Comet visibly brightened over 4 days

Below:	5 stacked images 1998 Jan 10 - 23:00 to 23:30 UT
Camera:	Pixcel 255 CCD images with Celestron Fastar 8 telescope at F/2
Image:	Total exposure: 5 x 2 min, field of view: 20 x 15 arcmin near delta Ursa Majoris
Comments:	Left : frames stacked on comet position enhance the comet brightness. Right: frames stacked on star position to show the fast comet movement The star magnitudes in this field range between 11.0 and 16.5 !