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Observer: Sean C. Campbell
Location: Big Horn Basin, Wyoming
Date: March 21-25, 1997
All of the images were taken in the Big Horn Basin around Cody between March 21st and March 25th. All of the images were exposed using natural moon light on Fuji SuperG-400 exposed for 45 sec. at f/1.7 to f/2.8.
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Observer: Dewey Vanderhoff
Location: Cody, Wyoming
Date: March 25, 1997 UT
Image taken using a Nikkor 24mm lens at f/2.8 (wide open) for 45 seconds on Fuji Super-G 400 color print film.
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Observer: Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia
Date: March 25, 1997
Color image obtained in moonlight conditions with 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera and Fujicolor 400 SG+ film. The field of view is about 4.5x3.0 deg.
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Observer: David Chesmore
Location: Holme, Splading Moor, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date: March 25, 1997
Fuji 400, 40 second exposure. The camera was a Pentax MX with a 50mm f1.4 lens.
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Observer: Aldo Macri
Location: Napoli, Italy
Date: March 25, 1997
Camera: Nikon f3, Lens: Nikkor 300mm F 5.6, Time: 20 sec., Film: Kodak ektar 1000.
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Observer: Bill Hutchinson
Location: Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Date: March 25, 1997
First image: March 25th just before moonrise HB can be seen clearly in the richness of the Milky Way. Nikon N90 50mm at f2.0, 25 second exposure on Fuji 800HG.
Second image: The Alaska Air Guard is on the watch for comets and other intruders. Nikon N90 50mm at f2.0, 4 30 second exposure on Fuji 800HG.
Third image: Welcome To Kenai. On March 25th the comet makes an appearance over the Village with a past, City with a future. Nikon N90 50mm at f2.8, 30 second exposure on Fuji 800HG.
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Observer: Dave Schlom
Location: Richfield, California
Date: March 25, 1997
Nikon 35 mm camera using a 50 mm lens at f/1.8 and a 1 minute exposure using Kodak 400 Royal Gold film.
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Observer: JJ Whittington
Location: Four Peaks Mountain, Arizona
Date: March 25, 1997
Combined photo of Comet Hale-Bopp. Both photos were shot with a Canon Elan II using a homemade Scotch Mount for guiding during the exposures. Film is Fuji Super G Plus 800. Smaller upper photo is with an 85mm f/1.8 lens at f/1.8 for 4 minutes. Second larger photo is with a 300mm lens at f/5.6 for 5 minutes.
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Observer: Scott Kardel
Location: Lake Afton Public Observatory, Wichita, Kansas
Date: March 25, 1997
50 mm lens, ~20 Seconds on Kodak Royal Gold 1000 film.
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Observer: Nicholas DelRaso
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: March 25, 1997
Rico XR-6 35mm camera, using a 80 to 200mm telephoto lense set at 200mm, with Kodacolor 1000 film, a 25 sec exposure at f4.5.
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Observer: A. Russel
Location: Fry Canyon, Utah
Date: March 25, 1997
58mm f/1.2 Nocturnal Nikkor 35 sec. at f/1.7 Fujicolor 800 (CZ).
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Observer: Ralph Pass
Location: Massachussetts
Date: March 25, 1997 00:20 UT
This image is a single two second exposure of the center of the comet. A Meade Pictor 416 was attached to a Meade LX200 8" F/6.3. The image was corrected with a dark frame and a flat field. The image was unsharp masked and logarithmically stretched.
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Observer: Ralph Pass
Location: Andover, Massachussetts
Date: March 25, 1997 00:20 UT
This image is a single two second exposure of the center of the comet. A Meade Pictor 416 was attached to a Meade LX200 8" F/6.3. The image was corrected with a dark frame and a flat field. The image was unsharp masked and logarithmically stretched. Two jets on the nucleus can be seen and five to seven rings of material (depending on presentation software and hardware).
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Observer: Ian Griffin
Location: Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory, Cocoa, Florida
Date: March 25, 1997 00:23 UT
First image is a 120 second exposure of comet Hale-Bopp. A 12 inch Maksutov telescope, working at a focal ratio of f5 was used with an SBIG ST8 CCD camera and a blue filter. The CCD was used in medium resolution mode, with 2 by 2 binning, giving a resultant pixel size of 18 microns. The field of view is 0.3 degrees (long axis) by 0.2 degrees (short axis). The image has been processed by subtracting a 20 by 20 median filtered masked version from the original to reveal structure in the coma.
Second image is the original unprocessed image. Third image is a false colour version of the original image.
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Observer: Matthew Cilento
Location: Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Date: March 25, 1997 00:30 UT
Kodak Royal Gold 400; 240MM F/4; 15 Second exposure.
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Observer: George Varros
Location: Mt. Airy, Maryland
Date: March 25, 1997 00:32 UT
Left image 1 sec, Middle image 1.5 sec, Right image 2 seconds. 8" SCT f/10 EDC-1000 CCD. Images were unsharp masked. Thin cirrus clouds present during imaging. Note the jet on the right side of the pseudonucleus. It has not appeared in our previous images.
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Observer: M. Pandolfo
Location: Spencer, Massachussets
Date: March 25, 1997 01:30 UT
Image taken with a Pentax K1000 camera with a 210mm lens at f-4. The camera was tripod mounted, and stationary (unguided). Exposure time: 24 seconds.
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Observer: David Fideler
Location: Earlville, New York
Date: March 25, 1997 01:30 UT
FILM: Kodak Ektachrome P1600; CAMERA: Pentax K1000 on stationary tripod; LENS: 50mm, F/2.8; EXPOSURE: About 15 seconds. Photos processed for brightnes, contrast, and sharpness in Photoshop.
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Observer: Peter Barvoets
Location: Albany, New York
Date: March 25, 1997 01:30 UT
First image: Taken over a small pond. 18mm lens, Fuji 200 ISO, 60 seconds.
Second image: 50mm lens.
Third image: bridge and trees illuminated by full moon. 18mm lens, 60 sec. exposure.
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Observer: Marcus Featherston
Location: Panama City, Florida
Date: March 25, 01:00 UT
All images taken with Fuji SG-800+ film. 55mm f/1.4 lens at f/2.0. All three exposures approx. 20 seconds. In the third, the foreground is lit by bright moonlight.
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Observer: Brad Wallis
Location: ???
Date: March 25, 1997 02:45 UT
12.5-inch F/5.85 Ritchey. Sum of 3 - 5 second exposures. ST-7 w/ R-25 + minus-IR. Processed using a Weighted Unsharp. Mask constructed using IDL.
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Observer: Dewey Vanderhoff
Location: Cody, Wyoming
Date: March 25, 1997 03:30 UT
45 second exposure at f/2.8 on Micro-Nikkor 55mm lens; Fuji Super G 400 color negative.
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Observer: Brian Hansen
Location: Medford, Oregon
Date: March 25, 1997 04:50, 05:15 UT
50mm/f1.7.
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Observer: Nick James
Location: Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Date: March 25, 1997 05:04 UT
20 x 2 seconds, 0.30m, f/10.5.
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Observer: The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
Location: Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain
Date: March 25, 1997 05:48-06:05 UT
This picture is the sum of six 30s exposures without filters. The tail shows an obvious arc-shape. Finally the prominence on the head is due to saturation.
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Observer: The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
Location: Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain
Date: March 25, 1997 20:10-21:15 UT
The first picture is the sum of three 120s exposures using a narrow band filter centered at 618 nanometers. It's 5.2×5.0 degrees. The second picture is the sum of three 120s exposures using a narrow band filter centered at 555 nanometers. It's 8.1×6.3 degrees. The tail shows a very clear arc-shape.
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Observer: Aldo Terrusi
Location: Enea, Roma, Italy
Date: March 25, 1997 21:15 UT
Camera: Canon AE/1, Lens: 50mm f/2, Film: Kodak Gold 400ASA, Exp:15sec.
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Observer: Joao Porto
Location: Azores Islands
Date: March 25, 1997 21:30 UT
Fuji Super G plus 800, 120 seconds.
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Observer: James Foster
Location: Red Rock State Park, California
Date: March 26, 1997
500mm lens at f/5 for 12 minutes. This shot was taken through a Genesis 4" refractor, while being guided on the comet by the C-11. It was taken on Fuji G-800 film that was pushed one stop.
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Observer: Dewey Vanderhoff
Location: Carter Mountain, Wyoming
Date: March 26, 1997
Photographed in very clear very dark Wyoming skies about one hour after sunset. Exposure was on Fuji Super G- 800 Plus film , a 35mm f/2.0 Nikkor lens wide open for 60-75 seconds from a tripod.
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Observer: Terry Acomb
Location: Arches National Park, Utah
Date: March 26, 1997
50 mm lens, fixed tripod, about 30 seconds, ektapress 1600 film.
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Observer: Rett Alonzi
Location: Lansing, Kansas
Date: March 26, 1997
Fuji 800 Film, 50 mm f2, 12 Seconds. Under Full Moon conditions, used a laser to write name on grass hillside across the road.
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Observer: Larry Daniel
Location: Lewisville, North Carolina
Date: March 26, 1997
Konica Autoreflex T with a 50mm lens. The exposures were with Agfa 400 asa film (f1.8 for 30-60 sec.)
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Observer: Mark Oetting
Location: Colorado
Date: March 26, 1997
Minolta x-700 camera with a 50 mm. lens. Exposure time is about 50 seconds @ f 1.7 with Kodak 400 Gold film.
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Observer: Bob Yen
Location: Mt. Wilson, California
Date: March 26, 1997
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Observer: Neal Ulevich
Location: Denver, Colorado
Date: March 26, 1997
300mm f5.6 lens, Kodak ISO 1000 negative film, 10 second exposure.
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Observer: Dave Marcoux
Location: Port Huron, Michigan
Date: March 26, 1997
Minolta X-700, a 50mm lens f/2.8 and Fuji SuperG+ 800ASA film.
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Observer: A. Russel
Location: Starr Springs, Utah
Date: March 26, 1997
35mm f/1.4 Nikkor 45 sec. at f/2.0 Fujicolor 800 (CZ).
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Observer: Jeff Gourley
Location: Noblesville, Indiana
Date: March 26, 1997
These shots were piggyback guided from an RV6. They were shot using 24mm, 50mm, and 135mm lenses. The exposures ranged from 3 minutes to 10 minutes.
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Observer: Matt Morgan
Location: Colorado
Date: March 26, 1997
This is an 8 sec exposure taken on 3/26 using an 8" SCT @ f/6.3 and a Pictor 216XT CCD. The image was dark subtracted and dodged using PhotoShop to bring out details in the coma.
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Observer: Ian Griffin
Location: Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory, Cocoa, Florida
Date: March 26, 1997 00:15-00:20 UT
First image is a 30 second exposure of comet Hale-Bopp. A 12 inch Maksutov telescope, working at a focal ratio of f5 was used with an SBIG ST8 CCD camera and a red filter.
Second image is the original unprocessed image used to create the first image. Third image is a false colour version of the second image. Fourth image is a 30 second exposure that has been flat fielded and dark subtracted.
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Observers: John Strohsacker, Sarah Maher
Location: Reisterstown, Maryland
Date: March 26, 1997 01:00, 02:30 UT
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Observer: Jim Wahler
Location: Middletown, Virginia
Date: March 26, 1997 01:00 UT
Olympus OM2, on Kodak Royal Gold 1000, w/fixed camera mount. Soligor 40mm, F5.6, aprox 50 seconds.
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Observer: Mike Demyan
Location: Near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Date: March 26, 1997 01:00-01:30 UT
Camera- Nikon N2000, Film Kodak Gold 400. First picture: 50mm Nikkor lens, F 1.9, 30s. Second picture: 200mm Nikura lens, f 3.9, 45s. Both images were scanned and enhanced in Photoshop 4.0, levels adjust, contrast/brightness.
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Observer: Doug Finch
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Date: March 26, 1997 01:30 UT
Photos taken with a 300mm lense at f5.6 for 12 seconds with ASA 400 film.
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Observer: Jon Lines
Location: Shady Grove, Tennessee
Date: March 26, 1997 01:30 UT
Film: Kodak Plus 1000 Exposure: 90sec @f/2. 55mm lens on a barn door.
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Observer: Paul Stoddard
Location: Katz Park, DeKalb, Illinois
Date: March 26, 1997 02:00 UT
50mm; 20 sec; f3.5; Kodak Gold asa 1000.
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Observer: Mack Frost
Location: Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming
Date: March 26, 1997 03:45-04:30 UT
Both images were taken with a 50mm/f1.4 lens on Fuji 800 Super HG+, and exposed for 40 seconds. Each image is of a volcanic feature called "The Holy City," located 26 miles west of Cody, Wyoming on US Hgwy 14-16-20 in the Shoshone National Forest. The only difference between the pictures is that in the second, the moon has risen and illuminated the top of the formation.
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Observer: Tatsuya Ikeda
Location: Grand Canyon south rim, Arizona
Date: March 26, 1997 04:00 UT
This picture is a 30 second exposure on Fujicolor Gold 400 Plus with a 50 mm f2 lens.
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Observer: David Williams
Location: Moscow, Idaho
Date: March 26, 1997 04:00-04:30 UT
Both photos approx. 35 seconds at f2.8. Kodak Royal Gold 400 print film. Using a Minolta srTmcII with a 45mm lens.
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Observer: John Kelton Conner
Location: Bitterroot Valley, Montana
Date: March 26, 1997 04:30 UT
Lens: 55mm, Appeture: f1.8, Film: Kodak Ektachrome Elite II (400 ASA- 35 mm), Exposure: 60 seconds.
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Observer: Jeremy Seftor
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Date: March 26, 1997 06:39 UT
This image was one of fourteen taken at two minute intervals. The camera used is an Olympus OM1n with a Zuiko 135mm f2.8 lens. Exposure was 25 seconds on Fuji 800 Super G film. The straight line to the left of the comet Appears to be a satellite.
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Observer: Contoli Gabriele
Location: Luga, Italy
Date: March 26, 1997 07:55 UT
Image taken with a hi-sys22 ccd camera at direct focus (F/10) of a 12 inch S/C meade telescope.
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Observer: Pat Swayne
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Date: March 26, 1997 08:30 PM
Home-made 460mm f4 lens on a Canon AE1 camera and Kodacolor 1000 speed film. All were exposed at 2.5 seconds.
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Observer: Young-Sik Park
Location: Chung-Buk Um-seong, South Korea
Date: March 26, 1997 10:57-11:15 UT
First image of the comet Hale Bopp was taken with a Bronica 6X6 Body & Nikon 200mm (f/4). Exp. 5 min and Kodak Gold 100 (120mm Size) Second image of the comet Hale Bopp was taken with a Bronica 6X6 Body & Nikon 75mm (f/2.8). Exp. 5 min and Kodak Gold 100 (120mm Size). Mount is Losmandy GM8.
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Observers: Young-Sik Park, Bong-Seok Kang , Dr. Yong-Sam Lee
Location: Cheong-Ju, South Korea
Date: March 26, 1997 11:10-11:36 UT
1st & 2nd Image of the Comet Hale-Bopp was taken by 300mm(f/4.5) and film used Fuji color 1600(Negativ). Mount is Losmandy GM-8. The 3rd image was taken by Leica M6 & 35mm(f/2) lens.
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Observer: Tim Goering
Location: Corrales, New Mexico
Date: March 26, 1997 12:05 UT
Nikon FE, 50 mm Nikkor lens, f2.0, 15 second exposure, Fujicolor ASA 800.
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Observer: Gianluca Masi
Location: Ceccano, Italy
Date: March 26, 1997 18:28-19:10 UT
The first image is a five frame mosaic, each frame 1 min exposure. Further informations on the same picture. Vixen SP R-150S, 15 cm f/5 reflector telescope, CCD SBIG ST-7. The second image shows the inner region of the coma and uses the Larson/Sekanina algorithm to extract these features. Technical informations on the same picture. Vixen SP R150S, 15 cm f/5 reflector telescope; CCD SBIG ST-7; elaboration: QMiPS32.
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Observer: Toni Scarmato
Location: Calabria, Italy
Date: March 26, 1997 18:45 UT
Reflex Yashica, Ob. 135mm, f/2.,5, Exposure 15 sec on Kodak Ektar 1000 ISO
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Observer: Gianluca Masi
Location: Ceccano, Italy
Date: March 26, 1997 18:57-19:39 UT
Vixen R-150S, 15 cm f/5 reflector telescope. CCD SBIG ST-7.
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Observer: Gianluca Masi
Location: Ceccano, Italy
Date: March 26, 1997 19:08 UT
Vixen SP-R150S, 15 cm f/5 reflector telescope; CCD SBIG ST-7.
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Observer: Janusz Wiland
Location: Wieliszew, Poland
Date: March 26, 1997 19:15 UT
Film: FUJI super G 1600 ASA, Lens: PENTACON 2.8/135, Exposure: 2 min.
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Observers: Alessandro Dimai, Renzo Volcan, Davide Ghirardo
Location: Col Druscie Observatory, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date: March 26, 1997 20:10 UT
Image of the comet Hale Bopp taken with a Takahashi 102 mm f/6, exp. 6'.
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Observer: Paolo Candy
Location: Club Parco dei Cimini, Viterbo, Italy
Date: March 26, 1997 20:55 UT
28-80 mm zoom f/2.8 camera lens Tokina ATX AF-SD on Tripod mount fixed at 35 mm. 30 seconds of exposure. Fujichrome Provia 1600 ISO. Author at the binocular showing the comet in the sky, and walnut trees illuminate by the moonlight.
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