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This is an image of comet Takamizawa-Levy (C/1994 G1) obtained by Jim
Scotti on 1995 April 5 with the Spacewatch Telescope on Kitt Peak. The
integration time is 3 minutes. North is at right and West to the bottom
and the image is 4.6 arcminutes square. The comet is seen to be split
with a secondary nucleus some 6.9 arcseconds away from the primary
nucleus at a position angle of 70 degrees (at about 1 o'clock in this
image). The secondary nucleus is about 2 magnitudes fainter than the
primary. The time of splitting is unknown, but images obtained in
January with the Spacewatch Telescope show no obvious companion. At
the time of the present image, the comet is some 4.18 AU from the Sun
having passed perihelion on 1994 May 22 at a distance of 1.36 AU from
the Sun.
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