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Observers: Alessandro Dimai, Orsola Ferrigno, Carlo Ferrigno
Location: Col Druscie Observatory, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date: February 10, 1997

Image of the comet Hale Bopp taken with a Takahashi 102 mm f/6, exp. 8', and Kodak Express Gold 400 II hyper. The comet was of magnitude 1.4 an ion tail of ~5 degrees naked eye visible and a diffuse dust tail of ~2 deg. The Deep Sky Object near Hale Bopp is the planetary nebula M 27 in Vulpecula.

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Observer: Jean Lecacheux
Location: Pic du Midi Observatory, France
Date: February 2-10, 1997

All the images were taken with the 105 cm telescope at Pic du Midi Observatory (Station de Planetologie des Pyrenees)

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Observer: Konrad Horn
Location: Germany
Date: February 10, 1997 03:16-04:54

Images taken with a 177/300 Schmidtcamera. All black/white pictures were made with TP2415 hyp., the color ones with Kodak Pro Gold 400.

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Observer: Gerald Rhemann
Location: Ebenwaldhohe, Austria
Date: February 10, 1997 04:15 UT

Schmidtkamera 225/255/435mm,
Bel.: 7 Min. UT 4h15m,
Film: KodakGold Pro,
Mag.: 1.5, Die Koma und der Staubschweif erscheinen im 30x80
           eindeutig gelb mit blaulicher Stobfront, Gasschweif
           leicht blaulich.

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Copyright 1997 Paolo Candy
Observer: Paolo Candy
Location: Cimini Mountains, Viterbo, Italy
Date: February 10, 1997 04:20 UT

Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) + M 27 Planetary Nebula. 400 mm f/2.8 camera lens Nikkor IF-ED + Deepsky Lumicon filter Fujicolor NPH400 Professional film 30 minutes of exposure guiding by a C5 on the comet nucleus (JPEG image from print Solarized with Paint Shop software)

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Observer: Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia
Date: February 10, 1997 04:31 UT

Wide-field images of comet Hale-Bopp, taken with 2.8/180mm lens CCD and narrow-band filters. Comet dust tail in the reference continuum of H2O+ at 647nm (FWHM=10nm). The frame field of view is 3.8x2.5 deg. North is at the top, East to the left.

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Observer: Martin Mutti
Location: Oberwichtrach, Switzerland
Date: February 10, 1997 04:34:26-04:54:34 UT

Telescope:      Schmidt Newton F=500mm, f/3.6 (Celestron Comet Catcher)
Observatory:    Stockerenweg 1, Wichtrach, Switzerland
CCD-Camera:     SBIG ST-7 + CFW8A Color Filter Wheel
Integrations:   red:    2 X 60 sec
                green:  2 X 90 sec
                blue:   2 X 300 sec
                total:  800 sec

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Observers: Alberto Quijano Vodniza, Jose Alonso
Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Date: February 10, 1997 09:29:18, 09:44:44 UT

First image was taken with a ST-6 CCD camera through a 5 inch, F10 reflector. 20 sec exposure. The field of view is 23.1 X 17.4 arc min. The image is unprocessed. Second image was taken with a ST-6 CCD camera through a 16 inch, F10 reflector. 10 sec exposure. The field of view is 7.3 X 5.5 . The image is unprocessed.

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Observer: Peter Nelson
Location: Groton, Massachusetts
Date: February 10, 1997 10:10 UT

Sigma 400mm lens, Kodak Royal Gold 1000, 2 minute exposure.

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Copyright Jerry Lodriguss
Observer: Jerry Lodriguss
Location: Batsto, New Jersey
Date: February 10, 1997 10:22-11:00 UT

Images include a wide angle shot of the comet near the rising Cygnus Milky Way, a shot of the comet and its ion tail near M27, and a very short 5 second exposure through an Astro-Physic's 130EDT refractor showing the false nucleus region and a nuclear jet, and two field stars close by.

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Observer: Paul Gitto
Location: Arcturus Observatory, Pine Barrens of Whiting, New Jersey
Date: February 10, 1997 10:43-11:06 UT

Dark and Flat field corrected. Top Left to Bottom right to show motion. Images were onto a Pictor 416CCD thru a 10" LX 200 @ F/3.3 Images ranged from 30 sec. down to 23 sec. Frames 2,3, 4 include a CCD bloom at the front of the comet, it is not a star.

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Observer: Paul Gitto
Location: Arcturus Observatory, Pine Barrens of Whiting, New Jersey
Date: February 10, 1997 10:58 UT

The image was taken onto a Pictor 416 ccd thru a 10" LX200 @ f3.3 for 23 sec. Image was dark and flat frame corrected, and log scaled.

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Observers: Alex Wurden, Glen Wurden
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: February 10, 1997 12:18-12:24 UT

Image taken using an Olympus OM-1 with a 300 mm, f4.5 lens, and Fuji 1600 ASA color print film. The image was then digitized from the negative, using a Minolta QuickScan slide scanner (30-bit color). Note that the blue ion tail, and the whitish dust tail are prominently separated. Also, you can see the Dumbell Nebula (M27) near the end of the blue ion tail. The comet was located at RA 20h 6m, Dec 20d 31m.

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Observer: Antonio Perez
Location: Crevillente, Spain
Date: February 11, 1997

amera zenith 500 mm F/8, Film Kodak EKTAR 1000, 2 min. Exp. No filters used at all.

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Observer: Robert Wielinga
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Date: February 11, 1997 05:30 UT

20 x 80 binocular, field of view about 3.5 degrees. Magnitude (naked eye): + 1.7. Due to city light and a very thin layer of clouds there was (almost) no tail was visible with the naked eye. In the binoculars the comet had a very bright starlike nucleus, surrounded by a bright bow. The length of the tail was about 2 degrees.

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Observers: Jose-Luis Ortiz, Ernesto Sanchez-Blanco
Location: Observatorio de Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain
Date: February 11, 1997 05:30:22 UT

False color images. 1-minute exposure of comet Hale-Bopp taken through a 300-mm lens at f/5.4 using a 1024 x 1024 CCD detector with no filter. The field of view is 2.4 x 2.4 degrees. The inner part of the coma was saturated in order to observe the tail. North is up, West is to the right.

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Observer: Ian Griffin
Location: Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory, Cocoa, Florida
Date: February 11, 1997 05:40, 05:30 UT

First image is a mosaic of 2 30 second exposures taken through a blue filter. SBIG ST8 CCD image, taken at the prime focus of a 12 inch f5 maksutov telescope. Image has been flat fielded, and gamma and contrast scaled in using Mira.. Image dimensions approx 60arcminutes (long right ascension axis) by approx 20 arcminutes (short declination axis). Second image is a false coloured version of a 60 second exposure of comet hale bopp. The image was taken through a blue filter, and has been flat-fielded and gamma scaled.

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Observers: Yvan Bourassa, Dominique Beauchamp
Location: Observatoire Alphonse-Tardif, St-Neree, Quebec, Canada
Date: February 11, 1997 09:15 UT

Image taken on PPF ISO 400 using a Schmidt camera (150mm, f/1.5) guided with a C-14. Exposure time was 12 minutes. We can see the bright Dumbbell nebula right of the center. The ion tail is blue and straight while the dust tail is white and curled. A green bow is visible on the front of the comet.

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Observers: Alberto Quijano Vodniza, Jose Alonso
Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Date: February 11, 1997 09:57:36, 10:15:20 UT

First image was taken with a ST-6 CCD camera through a 5 inch, F10 reflector. 15 sec exposure. The field of view is 23.1 X 17.4 arc min. The image is unprocessed. Second image was taken with a ST-6 CCD camera through a 16 inch, F10 reflector. .70 sec exposure. The field of view is 7.3 X 5.5 . The image is unprocessed.

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Observer: Young-Sik Park
Location: Chung-Buk Um-seong, Seoul Korea
Date: February 11, 1997 20:53-21:00 UT

First image of the comet Hale Bopp taken with a Ashai Pentax 500 mm f/4.5. Exp. 10min and Fuji Color NPH 400. Second image was taken with a Zenit 300 mm f/4.5. Exp. 7min and Kodak Tri-X. I Guided with 6"(f10) Maksutov. Coma is full of the eyepiece (25mm Plossl) and very strong central region. Tail is about 2~3deg with 12X50 Bin.

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Observer: Young-Sik Park
Location: Seoul, Korea
Date: February 11, 1997 21:10-21:20 UT

Image of the Comet Hale-Bopp was taken with Ashai Pentax 500mm f/4.5. and Bronica 6X6 Body. Exp. time is 10min. and film used Fujichrome Provia 1600. I was guided with 6" f/10 Maksutov

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Observer: David Rabinowitz
Location: Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood, California
Date: February 12, 1997

Images taken with the TMO 24" telescope and CCD camera.

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Observers: Alberto Quijano Vodniza, Jose Alonso
Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Date: February 12, 1997 09:26:23, 09:59:55 UT

First image was taken with a ST-6 CCD camera through a 5 inch, F10 reflector. 15 sec exposure. The field of view is 23.1 X 17.4 arc min. The image is unprocessed. Second image was taken with a ST-6 CCD camera through a 16 inch, F10 reflector. 5 sec exposure. The field of view is 7.3 X 5.5 . The image is unprocessed.

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Observer: Ian Griffin
Location: Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory, Cocoa, Florida
Date: February 12, 1997 10:19:01 UT

First image is a 60 second exposure taken through a red filter. SBIG ST8 CCD image, taken at the prime focus of a 12 inch f5 maksutov telescope. Image has been flat fielded, and gamma and contrast scaled in using Mira. Image dimensions approx 60arcminutes (long right ascension axis) by approx 20 arcminutes (short declination axis). Second image is the original 60 second exposure through a red filter has been encoded with a false colour pallete. Third image shows the jets of Comet Hale Bopp. 60 second exposure, processed by subtracting a 10 by 10 pixel median filtered image from the original. Image was then false coloured to bring out detail.

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Observer: Douglas Durig
Location: Cordell-Lorenz Observatory, Tennessee
Date: February 12, 1997 11:05 UT

The image was taken with a 12 inch Meade LX200 telescope working at f/4. I used a SBIG ST-6 and a red filter from the Kron-Cousins UBVRI filter system. I used track and accumulate with both stacking and relays active and guided on a star and not the comet itself. I used 12 stacked 10 sec exposures for a total exposure of 2 minutes.

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Observers: Adolfo Cabral-Porchas, Julio Saucedo-Morales
Location: University of Sonora, Mexico
Date: February 12, 1997 12:45 UT

Image acquired with a Refractor 6cm + CCD ST-4X with an IR supressor filter. Exposure of 05 seconds.

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Observer: Takuo Kojima
Location: Chiyoda, Japan
Date: February 12, 1997 20:24, 20:18 UT

First image: Exp. time; 60 sec, North is up and 2 deg. x 1.3 deg. field of view. Taken with a 10cm f/4 refractor + ST-8 CCD. Second image: Exp. time; Total 45 sec, North is up and 20' x 15' field of view, RGB composit image. Taken with a 25cm f/6 reflector + ST-6 CCD.