Edwards Image of Comet Hale-Bopp

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Observer: Jay Edwards
Location: Kopernik Space Education Center, Vesta, New York
Date: February 16, 1997 10:36 UT

Object:     Comet Hale-Bopp
Date:       02/16/97 at 10:36 UT 
Instrument: 8-inch, f/1.5 Schmidt Camera piggyback on a C-14
Exposure:   1 Min. Exposure on Kodak 400 Color Print Film
Observer:   Jay Edwards, Pres., Kopernik Astronomical Society
Location:   Kopernik Space Education Center, Vestal, NY  13850

The negative was printed to a 5x7, scanned using a flat bed scanner, sized, and then processed with Photostyler and Paint Shop Pro to bring out detail in the ion tail and to add the text.

Jay Edwards

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