snapshot: 600x400 (62k) Easy snapshot. Rest camera on roof of
car, expose two minutes. 40mm, f2.8, Fuji 800 film. This view
approximates the comet's naked eye appearance closely.
snapshot: 600x400 (62k) Easy snapshot. Rest camera on roof of
car, expose two minutes. 40mm, f2.8, Fuji 800 film. This view
approximates the comet's naked eye appearance closely.
medium shot: 548x600 (122k) More difficult. Camera mounted
piggyback to telescope, siderial tracking and guiding during nine
minute exposure. 135mm, f2.8, Fuji 800 film.
close up: 724x1109 (194k) This picture shows nice streamers in
the blue plasma tail. Siderial tracking and guiding during seven
minute exposure. Note the two airplanes captured in the frame, one
near the top, the other right through the center of the comet. 135mm,
f2.8, Fuji 800 film.
extra close up: 328x360 (14k) This picture is the sum of two
negatives, each exposed approximately one second at the prime focus
of a six inch Maksutov (f10 optics by Intes). The effective
magnification of this enlargement is about 150x. Notice the
interesting features on the solar facing side of the nucleus. These
appear to be part of a spiral dust trail expanding away from the
nucleus: two trails are clearly visible, and a third can almost be
imagined. One can imagine a giant jet on the surface on the comet
producing this trail as the nucleus rotates in space.
nav-deck LICHTENSTEIN: 777x777 (123k) This picture was taken
April 2, 0h57m UT from the navigation deck of the frigate
LICHTENSTEIN, at a range of 2.5Mkm, just prior to the commencement of
the space volume scanning exercises. First-pilot/droid BOSSUS is
using deck optics to examine a nearby asteroid. The exo-viewscreen
shows the scoutship BERNE and the second frigate BRAZILIA with the
comet in the background. The viewscreen applies a variable radiation
enhancement / attenuation program so as to give optimum appearance to
various objects within the view. Thus the apparent brightness of the
comet is relatively enhanced, while exhaust radiation intensity from
the nearby ships is suppressed.
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