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C/2002 T7 LINEAR.

It turned out that my only decent chance to photograph T7 was on
May 1, 2004, wile it was still in the dawn sky... The comet rose
about 1 1/2 hours before sunrise, and was almost exactly on the
ecliptic. Unfortunately for me, that morning produced the brightest
zodiacal light that I have ever seen. This washed out a lot of the
faint features, but I still managed to capture several degrees of
tail, and a faint anti-tail in this frame. Photo details: Minolta
camera, 18 minute exposure with a 135mm lens @ f-3.5, Kodak Elitechrome 200 slide film.
Image taken May 1st 2004 |