Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) from Winter, 1997

 



Comet Hale-Bopp


Object Data

Object type: Comet
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Notes:
One of the brightest and most widely observed comets to date as it reached naked-eye brightness in 1996. Discovered on 7/23/95.

Exposure Data

Date: Probably February 1997
Location: Little Blair Valley, Anza Borrego Desert, CA
Telescope: Unknown
Camera: Film
Mount: Probably a piggyback camera mounted on an 8" LX200
Exposure time: Unknown
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Notes: This image was digitized from archival negative film developed in 1996. The acquisition logs for this period are long gone.

 

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