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Observers: James M. De Buizer, James T. Radomski, Luther Davis III
Location: Rosemary Hill Observatory, Bronson, Florida
Date: October 10, 1996
This image of Comet Hale-Bopp was taken at the University of Florida Rosemary Hill Observatory in Bronson Florida. The image was taken on the 10th of October 1996 with a Photometrics Star1 CCD at the Newtonian focus of a 30-inch telescope. The exposure time was 60 seconds and the image was taken through a red (R) filter. Image reduction, false coloring, and enhancement was done in IDL.
There are five finger-like projection (jets) seen coming from the nucleus of the comet.
The scale of the image is roughly 10x15 arcminutes.
Images were taken by James M. De Buizer, James T. Radomski, and Luther Davis III, of the University of Florida. Photo editing was by James M. De Buizer of the University of Florida using IDL.
Image copyrighted by J. De Buizer, J. Radomski and the University of Florida
For publication contact: debuizer@astro.ufl.edu
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