Abstract: Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake was extensively observed at the Pic du Midi observatory during late March of 1996. Bright condensations were observed in the near-nucleus coma. We have performed a ...

Discovered on January 30, 1996 by an amateur astronomer from southern Japan, Comet Hyakutake (pronounced "hyah-koo-tah-kay,") came 13 times closer to the Earth than Hale-Bopp. There were two ...

Here they have been reprocessed for a larger display. The photo of Comet Hyakutake (left) was taken in March 1996, on the night of its closest approach to earth. That night it was a brilliant fuzzball ...

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