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AF12-03. Comet Bennett, 1969Y1. 1970
AF12-04. Comet West, 1975V1. (10 Mar 1976)
AF12-11. Comet Wilson and supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 3 May, 1987
AF12-13. Comet Swift-Tuttle, 12 Dec 1992
AF12-14. Comet Hyakutake 1996 B2 Hyakutake crosses the Big Dipper, 26 Mar, 1996.
          Images include Coma Berenices and Arcturus


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AF12-16. Comet Hyakutake 1996 B2
AF12-19. Comet Hale-Bopp 1996 O1 (10 Mar 1997) Clear separation of the blue ion tail and dusty tail reflecting sunlight
AF12-20. Comet Hale-Bopp 1996 O1 (12 Mar 1997) Hale-Bopp against the northern Milky Way. Very long ion tail
AF12-23. Comet Hale-Bopp 1996 O1 (1 April 1997) Comet Hale-Bopp aurorae and wooden house.
            Photographed from Canada.
AF12-25. Comet Hale-Bopp 1996 O1 (1 April 1997) Comet Hale-Bopp with fine ion and reflection tails


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AF12-26. Comet Hale-Bopp 1996 O1 (2 April 1997) Comet Hale-Bopp and aurorae with trees and wintery foreground (Canada).
AF12-27. Comet Hale-Bopp 1996 O1 (4 April 1997) Comet Hale-Bopp seen from a Canadian city
AF12-29. Comet Hale-Bopp 1996 O1 (19 April 1997) Comet Hale-Bopp seen above a snow-covered mountain


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    Comets (continued)
AF12-32. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (14 January 2007) daytime binocular view from Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.
AF12-33. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (18 January 2007) daytime view, from Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.
AF12-34. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (19 January 2007) 35mm focal length lens at F/1.8, Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.
AF12-35. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (19 January 2007) 35mm focal length lens at F/1.8, Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.
AF12-36. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (19 January 2007) 35mm focal length lens at F/1.8, Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.


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    Comets (continued)
AF12-37. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (19 January 2007) 35mm focal length lens at F/1.8, Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.
AF12-38. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (19 January 2007) 20mm focal length lens at F/2, Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.
AF12-39. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (20 January 2007) 20mm focal length lens at F/2, Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.
AF12-40. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (20 January 2007) 20mm focal length lens at F/1.8, Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.
AF12-41. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (20 January 2007) 20mm focal length lens at F/2, Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.


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    Comets (continued)
AF12-42. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (1 February 2007) 85mm focal length lens at F/1.8, Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.
AF12-43. Comet McNaught 2006 P1 (1 February 2007) Landscape format, 85mm focal length lens at F/1.8, Chiro Observatory, W. Australia.