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IMAGES OF COMET ENCKE

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Comet Encke
October 24, 1993 - January 5, 1994

This is a mosaic of short-period comet Encke composed of images obtained by Jim Scotti on 1993 October 24.14, November 17.14, December 8.11 and 1994 January 5 while using the 0.91-meter Spacewatch Telescope on Kitt Peak. The image is 9.18 arcminutes by 6.92 arcminutes with north on the right and east at top. The integration time in each is 150 seconds.

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Comet Encke
January 5, 1994

This is an image of short-period comet Encke obtained by Jim Scotti on 1994 January 5.09 while using the 0.91-meter Spacewatch Telescope on Kitt Peak. The image is 9.18 arcminutes square with north on the right and east at top. The integration time is 150 seconds.

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