This comet is expected to become quite bright when it passes near the Earth in late March 1996. The observations were made by Jean-Marie Will, visiting astronomer from Sternwarte der Universitaet Bonn, Germany. The images have been reproduced from two CCD frames with 6 and 20 min exposure time, respectively.
North is up and East is to the left.
Otherwise, the coma is very symmetrical and there is no evidence of any jets or outflows. The largest diameter on the 20-min exposure is about 7 arcmin. It may be reproduced, if credit is given to the European Southern Observatory. Return to the ESO Homepage for Comet Hyakutake .