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Observer: Alain Klotz
Location: Pic du Midi Observatory, France
Date: March 4-5, 1997

This image is the result of the substraction between one image taken on March 5.24 and one other taken on March 4.25. Bright areas are seen at the outer edges of the Z features. It is the demonstration that the dust flow expands from the nucleus. The nucleus can be seen by the two perpendicular small bars. The scale of 1 arc min is the vertical bar on the left. North is down. Image taken with the infrared camera (MOICAM) on the Telescope Bernard Lyot.

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Observer: Bob Yen
Location: Mojave Desert, California
Date: March 5, 1997

This is a telephoto shot, using a Nikon 300mm/2.8 EDIF lens on 35mm.

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Observer: European Comet Hale-Bopp Team
Location: Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
Date: March 5, 1997

Image obtained by the European Comet Hale-Bopp Team with the 1m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope.

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Observer: Carl Jacobs
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Date: March 5, 1997

Nikon FE with a Nikkor 35mm lens using 800 speed Fuji Pro. The exposure(s) were made at f1.8 for 12-25 seconds.

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Observer: Charles McKee
Location: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Date: March 5, 1997 00:45 UT

Image taken with an Olympus OM-1, March 4/97, 4:45 am PST, #21, 1600 asa, 50 mm, f1.8, 15 sec.

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Observer: Jan Vesely
Location: Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Date: March 5, 1997 03:00:21, 03:37:00 UT

The first image is taken by 20 cm refractor f/17.5 in prime focus and CCD camera PixCel 255. Exp. 5 sec. The image was log-scaled. The second image is taken by photographic lens 4/50 and CCD camera PixCel 255. Exp. 60 sec. The image was log-scaled.

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Observer: Bernd Schatzmann
Location: Denmark
Date: March 5, 1997 03:54 UT

480 Sec photo, Fuji HG800 Press, 8 minute exposure, 10" f4.8 Newton.

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Observer: Pavel Kubicek
Location: Observatory and Planetarium, Teplice, Czech Republic
Date: March 5, 1997 04:10 UT

irst image is a mosaic of seven original images, 11 seconds each with 150mm (6") Maksutov - Cassegrain f/15 + Barlow lens 1.3x and Cookbook 245 CCD camera. Second image is a result of processing of the same images and reveals inner coma structures - envelopes present there (they are not an artefact of image processing), caused probably by rotating jets.

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Observer: Milan Kment
Location: Ceska Trebova, Czech Republic
Date: March 5, 1997 04:15 UT

odak Ektapress 1600, 20 second exposure, Helios 1.5/80 mm

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Observer: Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia
Date: March 5, 1997 04:19 UT

Wide-field false-color image of comet Hale-Bopp, taken in moonlight conditions with 4/90mm lens, ST-6 CCD and H2O+ filter, centered at 620nm (FWHM=10nm). The field of view is 5.5ox4.1o. North is at the top, east to the left.

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Observer: Astronomy Class (Students - Age 16-18)
Location: Sonderborg Observatory, Denmark
Date: March 5, 1997 04:24 UT

180 Sec photo, Fuji HG800 Press, 3 min exposure, 5" APO f9 mounted Piggyback on user retrained 16" SCT Meade.

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Observer: Jose-Luis Ortiz and colaborators
Location: Observatorio de Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain
Date: March 5, 1997 04:45:45 UT

Images 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: Siebren Klein
Location: Eindhoven, Portugal
Date: March 5, 1997 04:55 UT

28mm f/2 for 80 sec.

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Observer: Siebren Klein
Location: Eindhoven, Portugal
Date: March 5, 1997 04:55, 04:50 UT

1. 28mm f/2, 80" (40 sec still, 40 sec moving with the stars to keep both foreground and stars sharp)

2. 28mm f/2, 5' .

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Observers: Alberto Quijano Vodniza, Jose Alonso
Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Date: March 5, 1997 09:59:37 UT

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

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Observer: Ian Griffin
Location: Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory, Cocoa, Florida
Date: March 5, 1997 10:17-10:41 UT

First image is a five minute (300 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 Lumicon Swann Band 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 using Mira. A 45 by 45 median filtered masked image was subtracted from 105% of the original. A false colour pallate was then added. The second image is the original 300 second exposure used to make the top image on this page. It has been flat fielded and dark subtracted. Third image is a false colour version of the 2nd image. The fourth image is 30 second exposure and was taken through a 12 inch Maksutov telescope, working at f5. A lumicon Swann Band filter was also in the optical train. The image has been processed by subtracting a 10 by 10 pixel blurred median filtered image from the original.

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Observer: James Foster
Location: Near Red Rock State Park, California
Date: March 5, 1997 11:50 UT

18 minute exposure taken through a Genesis 4" F/5 refractor (500mm) with hypersensitized Fuji HG-400 film The 35mm negative was scanned on Kodak Photo-CD, and processed in Photoshop, version 3.0.4. to bring out the fine structure and render proper color balance to the image.

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Observer: David Hanon
Location: Ringgold, Georgia
Date: March 5, 1997 11:05 UT

The mage was a 2 minute exposure with a 300mm lens at f/4 and ST-8 ccd camera.

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Observer: John Farrell
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: March 5, 1997 11:27 UT

Image taken 1997 with 36 cm SCT at f/7 and Axiom Research AX-2 CCD camera binned 2x2 (1.5 arcsec/pixel). The image is the mean of four 0.4 second exposures and has been processed to enhance the "ripple" structure in the coma

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Observer: Tom Polakis
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Date: March 5 1997 12:03 UT

Image taken with a ST-7 CCD camera on a 13-inch f/4.5 Newtonian. 1 second exposure for inner detail. Field of view is 16'x11'. Very simple image processing performed in SkyPro to reveal wave structure.

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Observer: Wil Milan
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Date: March 5, 1997 12:20, 12:10 UT

Taken with a 4" f/5 Tele Vue Genesis apochromatic refractor on a Super Polaris mount, unhypered Kodak PPF400 (400 ASA) film, 8-minute exposure.

Second image is a closer view of the head of Hale-Bopp. This much shorter exposure better reveals the shape of the inner nucleus. Taken with a 4" f/5 Tele Vue Genesis apochromatic refractor on a Super Polaris mount, unhypered Kodak PPF400 (400 ASA) film, 30-second exposure.

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Observer: Frans Frenken
Location: At Goes, The Netherlands
Date: March 5, 1997 19:48 UT

Nikon FM 1.4/50mm, 12 seconds, Fuji 800 SG.

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Observer: David Lynch
Location: Deer Run, Georgia
Date: March 5, 1997 20:10, 20:15 UT

First image taken with Canon T70 with a 135mm Soligor F2.8@2.8. Exposure 15 seconds. Second image taken with Nikon 8008 with a 50mm Nikon F1.4@2.8. Exposure 25 seconds.

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Observer: Richard Saunders
Location: Silverado Canyon, California
Date: March 6, 1997

OM1, Fuji 400 Super HG, 200 mm f5.6, 1 min, piggy backed on Celestron Ultima 8.

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Observer: Lee R. Lennington III
Location: Granbury, Texas
Date: March 6, 1997

7 min. Exposure on 200 ASA Kodak Gold. Piggyback 4.5F 300mm Lense atop Celestron 8", guided on star.

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Observer: Alberto Quijano Vodniza
Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Date: February 20, 1997 - March 19, 1997

RGB Images were taken with a ST-6 CCD camera through a 5 inch. telescope.

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Observer: Terry Platt
Location: Binfield, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Date: March 6, 1997 04:20, 04:25 UT

First image is aa true-colour image from a Starlight Xpress single-shot colour camera + 200mm F4 lens. Exposure 40 seconds, non-linear contrast stretch. Second image shows expanding clouds close to nucleus. SX Single-shot colour camera + 6600mm FL, 318mm reflector, 10 secs. Field 2 x 1.5 arc minutes.

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Observer: Nick James
Location: Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Date: March 6, 1997 04:34, 04:48 UT

1. 135 mm f/3.5, TP2415. ~2.5 x 4 degrees.

2. 60 1 second exposures.

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Observer: Jose-Luis Ortiz and colaborators
Location: Observatorio de Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain
Date: March 6, 1997 04:51 UT

2-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: Pedro Re
Location: Portugal
Date: March 6, 1997 05:32, 05:44 UT

First image:
CCD/Imager         : HISIS22 CCD CAMERA
Telescope/Lens     : C14 F/6
Exposure Time      : 15Sec 5x3Sec Median Sum rgradient 0 15
Binning            : 2x2

Second image:
CCD/Imager         : HISIS22 CCD CAMERA
Telescope/Lens     : C14 F/6
Exposure Time      : 75Sec 5x15Sec Median Sum rgradient 0 15
Binning            : 1x1

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Observer: Andjelko Glivar
Location: Donja Stubica, Croatia
Date: March 6, 1997 05:50 UT

Image of HB obtained through Telephoto lens 200mm/f:3,5 on Fujicolor super HG 1600, 3 minutes of exposure.

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Observers: Alberto Quijano Vodniza, Jose Alonso
Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Date: March 6, 1997 09:19:10 UT

The 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.

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Observer: Ian Griffin
Location: Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory, Cocoa, Florida
Date: March 6, 1997 09:28-10:28 UT

First image is a five minute (300 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 Lumicon Swann Band filter. The image has been processed using Mira. A 45 by 45 median filtered masked image was subtracted from 105% of the original. A false colour pallate was then added. Second image is the original 300 second exposure used to make the top image on this page. It has been flat fielded and dark subtracted. Third image is a false colour version of the 2nd image. Fourth image is a 300 second exposure second exposure started at 05:28:23 EST, was taken through a 12 inch Maksutov telescope, working at f5. A lumicon Swann Band filter was also in the optical train.

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Observers: Glenn Ray, Richard Bannerman, Craig Bannerman
Location: Cleveland, Texas
Date: March 6, 1997 11:03-12:02 UT

First Image
Camera:    Pentax 645 (4x5), 200mm f/4
Film:      Kodak Pro 1000
Exposure:  5 minutes (piggy-backed on C-8)
Time:      Started @ 11:03am UT
Notes:     North is left. North American nebula barely visible in upper left
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Camera:    Celestron 8", f/5.6 reducer/corrector, prime focus
Film:      Fujichrome (Provia) 1600 (P +2)
Exposure:  60 seconds
Time:      11:47am UT
Notes:     North is up. Bluish hue likely from twilight (began around 5:35am
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Camera:    Pentax 645 (4x5) 75mm f/2.8
Film:      Kodak Pro 1000
Exposure:  2 seconds
Time:      12:02 UT
Notes:     Camera piggy-backed on C-8 (angled @ 30 deg.)

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Observer: Daniel Laszlo
Location: Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado
Date: March 6, 1997 11:17 UT

Exposure 5 minutes, Celestron 8 inch f/1.5 Schmidt camera, tracking the comet's pseudonucleus. This revealed filaments in the ion tail. Ektachrome E100S, standard E-6 processing. One dust spot edited, but no other processing.

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Observers: Alex Wurden, Glen Wurden
Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
Date: March 6, 1997 11:40 UT
Film: Kodak PPF (ASA 400). Lens: Olympus 300 mm, f4.5. Exposure: 10 minutes, guided on comet head.

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Observer: Scott Kardel
Location: Lake Afton Public Observatory, Wichita, Kansas
Date: March 6, 1997 11:41-11:46 UT

First image: 50 mm lens, ~25 seconds on Kodak Royal Gold 1000 film. Second image: 300 mm lens, 5 minutes (11:41 - 11:46 UT) on Kodak Royal Gold 1000 film. Third image: 50 mm lens, ~25 seconds on Kodak Royal Gold 1000 film.

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Observer: Paul Crips
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: March 6, 1997 11:45 UT

Image taken with a 18 inch newtonian piggybacked on a Pentax 67 camera with a standard lens with 2x teleconverter. This image was 10 minutes long and the film was Kodak T-MAX 400. From my location, 10 miles east of Cheyenne, the comet was the brightest object in the eastern sky and the tail was at least 20 degrees in length.

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Observer: James Lanier
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Date: March 6, 1997 11:45 UT

Image is a 30 second exposure with SLR camera on stationary tripod with 50mm/f1.8 lens, using Fuji Super G Plus 800 film pushed to 1600. All colors are as developed, with no re-touching.

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Observer: Keith VanDen Heuvel
Location: Wisconsin
Date: March 6, 1997 11:45 UT

Image is a two minute exposure on Fuji Super G 800 color print film. Image was acquired with a Yashica FX-D 35 mm camera with a 50 mm lens at f/2 . Camera was guided with a home made door hing guiding device.

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Observer: Patrick Dyer
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: March 6, 1997 11:54 UT

Pentax K-1000, f/2, 50-mm. Kodacolor 400, unguided 35 seconds.

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Observer: Gregg Geist
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: March 6, 1997 12:00-12:15 UT

The drawing shows the brightest parts of the inner coma region. It covers a region about 8 to 15 arc minutes across. Observations were done with a 6 inch f/8 Orion Dobsonian with 10mm Ploessl eyepiece. The view is as on the sky, not in the telescope.

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Observer: John Spencer
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Date: March 6, 1997 12:30, 12:40 UT

Images taken with a Canon EOS 10s 35mm camera with a 50 mm lens, and Ektachrome P1600 film, push-processed by 2 stops as recommended to achieve 1600 ASA speed. 60 second exposures.

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Observer: Jacob Kuiper
Location: Amsterdam Airport, The Netherlands
Date: March 6, 1997 18:30 UT

Camera: Pentax ME-Super; Objective: Tokina 5.6/210 mm zoom; Exposuretime: 20 seconds; Film: Dixons, 100 ASA.

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Observer: Jeremy Chapple
Location: Bristol, England
Date: March 6, 1997 19:30 UT

Drawing made looking through a 4 inch SCT x40.