[BAA Comets] Image of Comet C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek)

[Richard Miles]

Denis,

Have been having a root around in the garage ...

For the archive, here is my first photograph of a comet: Kohoutek.
It was snapped on 1974 January 10 using an undriven mount. The original 
frame is cropped in this image.
The person shown in silhouette was Robert Richardson, recently retired as a 
professor in the Physics Dept of the University of Bristol.

I still have the negatives. In fact I have 4 frames with the previous three 
being 10-sec exposures, so it may be worth scanning them and co-adding to 
enhance the appearance of the comet's tail.
Must also find my simple drawings of comets made prior to this one.

Cheers,
Richard
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