9K
20K
Observer: Wil Milan
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Date: March 5, 1997 12:20, 12:10 UT
Comet Hale-Bopp on March 5, 1997. 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 taken 1220 UTC.
Second image is a closer view of the head of Hale-Bopp on March 5, 1997. 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 taken 1210 UTC.
Wil Milan
Wil_Milan@airdigital.com
Comet Hale-Bopp Home Page