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Image taken by Xiao-bin Wang

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Comments: We observed the comet 9P/Tempel 1 on April 07 2005 with the 1-meter telescope of Yunnan observatory. This 180-second image was taken with a TEK1024x1024 Back CCD detector through a R-filter. North is down and east is to the left in this negative image.
Image Date (UTC): 2005-04-07
Image Time (UTC): 16:08:09
Exposure: 180 sec
Filter: Visible
Field of View: 6.5 x 6.5 arcmins
Observing Site: Yunnan Observatory
Observing Equipment: 100.0-cm f/13 Carl Zeiss Jena RCC
Days After Perihelion:
Heliocentric Distance: 1.741AU
Geocentric Distance: 0.767AU
Sun-Comet-Earth Angle: 11.5
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