Col Druscie Observatory Images of Comet Hale-Bopp

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Observers: Alessandro Dimai, Davide Ghirardo
Location: Col Druscie Observatory, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date: March 7, 1997

Two images of the comet Hale Bopp taken on March, 7 with a Takahashi 102 mm f/6 (first image), exp. 6' (Kodak Express Gold 400 II hyper.) from Col Druscie Observatory. Second image taken with a 35 mm lens f/2.8. The authors are: Alessandro Dimai and Davide Ghirardo The comet was of magnitude -0.3 with a naked eye visible ion tail of ~12 deg. and a diffuse dust tail of ~6 deg.

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