Hale Bopp

Photos: October, 1996

Last Update: January 19, 1997

Jack Schmidling Productions Inc.
October 10, 1996

Comet Hale-Bopp and globular cluster M-14

Jack Schmidling Productions has published this photograph taken on October 30, 1996, using a 10" Newton telescope at f6, JSP 4x5 camera, hypered Tech Pan film and 20 minutes of exposure.

Gordon Garradd
October 28, 1996

This image is made up of 2 mosaiced 60 second exposure CCD images, and shows the comet near the globular cluster M14. Log scaling has been applied to render an appearance similar to that seen in a large telescope under dark skies. Field of view 27' X 22', taken with a 25 cm Newtonian and HI-SIS 22 CCD.

H. Fukushima and N. Yamamoto (NAOJ, Japan. October 22, 1996)
50cm f/12.

H. Fukushima and N. Yamamoto (NAOJ, Japan. October 15, 1996)
50cm f/12.

First real color photograph showing dust tail

Gordon Garradd
13-10-96

Gordon Garradd obtained this photograph October 13, 1996, with a Newton telescope (25cm at f4). Used the new film Kodak Gold III 400 Flexi Clear film, hypered it, and made an exposure of 10 minutes. North is up.

Chris Schur. October 10, 1996)
Hale-Bopp and NGC6366. 12.5" f/5 20 min.