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Lodriguss Images of Comet Hale-Bopp

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Copyright Jerry Lodriguss
Observer: Jerry Lodriguss
Location: Batsto, New Jersey
Date: February 10, 1997 10:22-11:00 UT

First Image

Comet Hale-Bopp's blue ion tail stretches past M27, the Dumbbell Nebula in the upper left corner of the photograph. The comet's dust tail is is the large yellowish diffuse area closer to the coma. This is a composite of two 3 minute exposures taken with a Nikon 400mm F/2.8 ED lens on February 10, 1997 at 10:22 and 10:32 UT on gas-hypersensitized Fujicolor Super G 800 Plus color negative film from a dark sky site near Batsto, NJ. The two original negatives were scanned and digitized and then digitally stacked in Photoshop.

Second Image

[5 second exposure of the nucleus region]

A sunward pointing nuclear jet is visible at about the 5 o'clock position in this very short 5 second exposure. Two field stars are also visible near the false nucleus. The photo was taken through an Astro-Physic's 130EDT f/8 triplet refractor working at f/6 on unhypered Fujicolor Super G 800 Plus color negative film on February 10, 1997 at 11:00 UT from a dark sky site near Batsto, NJ.

Third Image

[Inner Coma and Dust Tail.]

The inner coma and dust tail of Comet Hale-Bopp are shown here in a 80 second exposure taken February 10, 1997 at 10:56 UT on unhypered Fujicolor Super G 800 Plus color negative film using an Astro-Physic's 130 EDT F/8 triplet refractor working at f/6 from a dark sky site near Batsto, NJ.

Fourth Image

[Wide angle of Hale Bopp in Sagitta]

Just before the start of dawn Comet Hale-Bopp was located in the constellation of Sagitta when this photo was made. This a 5 minute exposure taken February 10, 1997 at 10:13 UT on gas-hypersensitized Kodak PJM Multi-Speed Ektapress color negative film using a Canon 85mm "L" f/1.2 lens working at f/2.8 from a dark sky site near Batsto, NJ. The bright star at the lower right of the photo is Altair and the red line that goes through it and across the photo is a plane that flew through the frame during the exposure.

Jerry Lodriguss
email: jml@astropix.com
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