<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1524311387184_5261"><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1524311387184_5257" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1524311387184_5256"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1524311387184_5255"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1524311387184_5254"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1524311387184_5253" size="2" face="Arial"> <br>----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Richard Miles <rmiles.btee@btinternet.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Denis Buczynski <buczynski8166@btinternet.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> BAA Comets discussion list <comets-disc@lists.britastro.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 21 April 2018, 11:05<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Image of Comet C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek)<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1524311387184_5286"><br><div dir="ltr">Denis,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Have been having a root around in the garage ...<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1524311387184_5287"><br></div><div dir="ltr">For the archive, here is my first photograph of a comet: Kohoutek.<br></div><div dir="ltr">It was snapped on 1974 January 10 using an undriven mount. The original <br></div><div dir="ltr">frame is cropped in this image.<br></div><div dir="ltr">The person shown in silhouette was Robert Richardson, recently retired as a <br></div><div dir="ltr">professor in the Physics Dept of the University of Bristol.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I still have the negatives. In fact I have 4 frames with the previous three <br></div><div dir="ltr">being 10-sec exposures, so it may be worth scanning them and co-adding to <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1524311387184_5288">enhance the appearance of the comet's tail.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Must also find my simple drawings of comets made prior to this one.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1524311387184_5292"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cheers,<br></div><div dir="ltr">Richard<br></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>