The first image was taken by Gordon Garradd with a HI-SIS22 camera and a Newton telescope (25cm at f4.1). Exposure time: 5 minutes. Field of view: 9 arcminutes. North is down.

The rest were taken at la Silla (Chile). The first of them (black & white) was taken with the NTT 3,5 m telescope, and only the nucleus can be seen. The last two were taken with the ESO Danish 1.54 m telescope. (original caption). The image taken on November 2, 1996, was obtained through a red filter and processed with a Laplace filter to enhance dust jets. The field is a little less than 3 arcminutes across. If one compares this image with those taken in August, 1996, it is evident that relative intensity varies. However, the position angles remain almost constant. Particulary nice examples are the jets at PA= 13, 185, 267, 267 i 300 degrees.

Spectral observations in the infrared region gave an estimated temperature of about -70º C for the dust emitted. This dust contains crystalline olivine. During November 1996, the silicates rich comet's central condensation reached 255 K degrees (-18 C degrees), or about 85 degrees over the equilibrium temperature for an inactive body at the same distance to the Sun.

The OH-production was about 30 times higher than that of comet Halley at the same heliocentric distance.