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Comet Odyssey - Extreme Astronomy
A fascinating video featuring Comet Hyakutake
in the finest comet time-lapse movies ever made!

Professionally edited and narrated, Comet Odyssey is a 45 minute documentary video which follows a group of amateur astronomers on a two-week expedition to a remote mountaintop, where they continuously photograph Comet Hyakutake under grueling conditions. Using a custom-designed telescope and computer processing, the team assembles some of the most dramatic astronomical footage ever taken.

Peter and Stubby imaging the comet Video Format: VHS Hi-Fi Stereo, NTSC format, 45 Minutes.

Comet Odyssey and Comet Explorer CD-ROM are available as a set for $25 + $5 s/h. Visa and Mastercard add 3%.


A few frames from the time lapse sequence
Just a few frames from the tail sequence.