Subject: The Great Comet of 1996 - Comet Hyakutake C/1996 B2
Exposure: Single 30-minute exposure
Processing: Minor enhancement in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Lens: Nikon 50mm @ f/2.8
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: manual
Film: gas-hypered 35mm Kodak Technical Pan 2415
Location: Desert Center, California
Date: 03/23/96
Comments: A spectacular night viewing a once in a lifetime comet. THE comet of the 20th century.
Also as quoted by John Bortle on the 'NASA Comet Observation Home Page', "One of the grandest comets of the
millennium!"
Comet Hyakutake's tail was observed visually at between 90-100deg in length!!