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Observer: Gregory Terrance
Location: Lima, New York
Date: March 27, 1997
First image: 200mm Olympus lens at f4, 300 second exposure, IMG1300 CCD camera from Finger Lakes Instrumentation.
Second image: 4" f6 Astro-Physics refractor @ f4.5 (460mm), 60 second exposure, IMG1300 CCD camera from Finger Lakes Instrumentation.
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Observer: Bob Yen
Location: Mojave Desert, California
Date: March 27, 1997
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Observer: Bob Yen
Location: Mojave Desert
Date: March 27, 1997
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Observer: Bob Yen
Location: Mojave Desert, California
Date: March 27, 1997
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Observer: Wil Milan
Location: Tonopah Desert, Arizona
Date: March 27, 1997 UT
Wide-angle view taken with a Tamron 135mm lens at f/4 on a Super Polaris mount, unhypered Kodak Ektapress Multi Speed (PJM) film, 7-minute exposure.
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Observer: Gregory Terrance
Location: Lima, New York
Date: March 27, 1997
Tri-color image of the comets nucleus. 10" f6 reflector, PixCel 255 CCD camera, 2 sec Blue, 1.5 sec Green, 1 sec Red. Second image: 100 mm Olympus lens at f4, 300 sec exposure, IMG1300 CCD camera.
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Observer: Steve Moreland
Location: Innisfil, Ontario, Canada
Date: March 1997
50mm Universa 2.8 with a skylight Vivitar 62mm attached. Used on a tripod mounted Canon FT QL with Fuji Super G 800 film.
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Observer: R. Staniewicz
Location: Munhall, Pennsylvania
Date: March 27, 1997
55 mm f/1.8 30 sec. 400 ASA.
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Observer: Florian Tremblay
Location: Val-Des-Bois (Gatineau), Quebec, Canada
Date: March 27, 1997
1.Picture take with Nikon FE camera and Nikkor 50 MM. F4.5 lens automatic, ajusted on ~ and fixed on my hard treepod and actionned by fexible cable. Exposure: 30 seconds
2. Picture take with Nikon FE camera and Nikkor 200 MM. F4.5 lens automatic, ajusted on ~ and fixed on hard Treepod and actionned by flexible cable. Exposure Time: 33 seconds
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Observer: Keith Cooley
Location: Athens, Alabama
Date: March 27, 1997
Canon AE-1, 70-210mm lens, 25 sec.exposure using Fuji 400.
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Observer: Chris Lioi
Location: ???
Date: March 27, 1997
Olympus OM-1, 135 mm on ball mount piggy-backed on a Celestron Ultima-8, Fuji 800, F 5.8, 12 minute exposure.
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Observer: Mark Oetting
Location: Colorado
Date: March 27, 1997
Minolta x-700 Camera with a 50 mm. lens using Kodak 400 RoyalGold film for about 40 seconds @ f 1.7.
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Observer: Dave Mitsky
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Date: March 27, 1997
Close-up photo of Hale-Bopp's parabolic hoods in the coma. 17" f15 eyepiece projection 25mm.
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Observer: Timothy Dunn
Location: Emigration Canyon, Utah
Date: March 27, 1997
Images taken with a Canon camera using Fugi super G plus 800. First image 200 mm lens at f5 for 1 minute. Second image 75mm lens at f5 for 45 seconds.
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Observer: Scott Routt
Location: Middleburg, Virginia
Date: March 27, 1997 01:00 UT
Ricoh 35mm, Fuji 400G plus film, at f/2.82 for 25 seconds.
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Observer: Gary Spichiger
Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky
Date: March 27, 1997 01:15 UT
Each image was taken using a Nikon 50mm camera set at f/1.4 for a 10 sec exposure time. I used Fuji Super G 800 film.
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Observer: David Fideler
Location: James C. Veen Observatory, Lowell, Michigan
Date: March 27, 1997 01:15 UT
Photographic details: FILM: Kodak Ektachrome P1600; CAMERA: Pentax K1000 on stationary tripod; LENS: 50mm; EXPOSURE: Under one minute. Photos processed for brightnes, contrast, and sharpness in Photoshop; the cyan in the photos was increased to bring out the detail of the blue ion tail.
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Observer: Larry Skaggs
Location: Jax, Florida
Date: March 27, 1997 01:15 UT
Fuji Super G ASA 800 film. The lens was 50mm and exposure was 1 minute.
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Observer: Francis Graham
Location: Christine Alley Observatory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date: March 27, 1997 01:17 UT
16 cm. f/15 refractor, prime focus, 5 sec., ASA 3200.
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Observer: Frank Orris
Location: Granite City, Illinois
Date: March 27, 1997 01:30 UT
First image: Canon EOS Elan, 300mm, f5.6, 10 seconds, Fugi Super G Plus 400. Scanned and adjusted in iPhoto Plus.
Second image: Canon EOS Elan, 50mm, f4.0, 30 seconds, Fugi Super G Plus 400. Scanned and adjusted in iPhoto Plus.
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Observer: Bill Hark
Location: Albemarle County, Virginia
Date: March 27, 1997 01:30 UT
Approx. 28 sec. f 2.8. Image taken with a a Nikon FG, 50 mm lens, and a fixed tripod using Kodak Gold 1000 print film.
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Observer: Chris Moore
Location: Boone, North Carolina
Date: March 27, 1997 01:30 UT
Fuji 1600 print film and a 50 to 150mm zoom lens at f 3.2.
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Observer: Alex Standefer
Location: Green's View, Sewanee, Tennessee
Date: March 27, 1997 01:30 UT
ASA 200 color print film, 1-minute exposure at f22, 5O mm Rodenstock lens (antique Kodak Retina III-c camera).
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Observers: Doug Berry, Dan Steffel
Location: Defiance, Ohio
Date: March 27, 1997 01:43 UT
Nikon FA, Nikkor 50mmf/1.4 Fuji SuperG 800 Plus film, 90 Second exposure, fixed tripod. (Note M31 just above trees at six-thirty from the comet!)
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Observer: Jim Hammer
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Date: March 27, 1997 02:30 UT
First image: Hale bopp over my 17" telescope, about a 90 sec exposure with a 50mm 1.4 lens on Fuji 400.
Second image: A 2 min. tracked image on Fuji 400, 50mm f1.4, 3/26 from Lake Afton Public Observatory in Wichita.
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Observer: Calvin Hill
Location: Grand Prairie, Texas
Date: March 27, 1997 02:35-02:48 UT
Equipment: CB245 CCD on a Meade 8" f/6 reflector. Cloudy, taken before moonrise.
First image: near-infrared continuum filter, (15) - 1 sec. images stacked-and-tracked.
Second image: broadband nebula filter, (15) - 1 sec. images stacked-and-tracked.
Third image: near-infrared continuum filter, (15) - 2 sec. images stacked-and-tracked
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Observer: John Rock
Location: Miller's Acre, Ira Township, Michigan
Date: March 27, 1997 02:45 UT
All three photo's were taken using a Meade 10" SCT with Fuji Super G+ 800 film.
The first two photo's were seventy second exposures. The third was a twenty second exposure where I zoomed in on the core of Hale Bopp.
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Observer: John G. Rock
Location: Miller's Acre, Ira Township, Michigan
Date: March 27, 1997 02:45 UT
All three photo's were taken using a Meade 10" SCT with Fuji Super G+ 800 film. The first two photo's were seventy second exposures. The third was a twenty second exposure where I zoomed in on the core of Hale Bopp.
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Observer: Wien-Xiang Song
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Date: March 27, 1997 02:55-03:30 UT
I used Nikon FM2 manual camera to take those, with fixed aperture f1.8 for Nikkor 105mm lens and f3.5 for Nikkor 35mm lens.
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Observer: Antonio Sanchez-Ibarra
Location: University of Sonora, Mexico
Date: March 27, 1997 03:00 UT
Images taken with a camera and 50mm lens. ASA 400 exposure of 60 sec.
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Observer: Michael Warner
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Date: March 27, 1997 03:07 UT
Image of Hale-Bopp Comet taken with Celestron C5+ telescope, CookBook245LDC CCD Camera, 1 second exposure, Post-Processing included sharp filter and Gamma correction ( 0.5 ) to enhance jets and ripples near the nucleus, the field of view = 18'x13'.
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Observers: Ron Baalke, Sue Kientz
Location: Angeles Crest Highway, California
Date: March 27, 1997 03:23, 04:08 UT
Each image is a 30 second exposure from a Canon A2 mounted on a tripod using a 100mm lens. Film used was Fujicolor Super HG 1600.
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Observer: Bobby Curnow
Location: Sonora, California
Date: March 27, 1997 03:30 UT
I took these pictures with a Nikon mounted on a Meade LX-200 in altazimuth mode. 30 second exposure using Kodak Royal Gold 1000.
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Observer: Gaetan Gauthier
Location: Petite-Matane, Quebec, Canada
Date: March 27, 1997 03:45 UT
Nikon N2000, 50mm, f 1.8, 35 seconds on pjm-640 film.
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Observer: Jochen Rink
Location: Pearson College Observatory, Victoria, British-Columbia, Canada
Date: March 27, 1997 04:00 UT
Fujicolor 800 super G was exposed through a 250mm zoom lens working at f: 4.5, exposure time 9 minutes. Note M31 in the lower lefthand corner.
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Observer: David Williams
Location: Moscow, Idaho
Date: March 27 04:00-04:30 UT
35 seconds at f2.8
Kodak Royal Gold 400 print film
Using a Minolta srTmcII with a 45mm lens
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Observer: Dewey Vanderhoff
Location: Sawmill Park, Wyoming
Date: March 27, 1997 05:05 UT
Exposure was 52 seconds at f/2.8 on a 35mm Nikkor lens using Fuji Super G Plus 800 film.
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Observer: Joseph Sivo
Location: Staten Island, New York
Date: March 27, 1997 09:35 UT
Camera: Pentax k-1000 Lens: 50mm, stopped down to F/3.5 Film: Fujicolor 400 ASA Super G Plus Exposure: 15 sec, unguided scanned at 200 dpi
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Observer: Mitsuya Saeki
Location: Hyogo, Japan
Date: March 27, 1997 10:30 UT
5 minute exposure. Lens: Tokina 300 mm lens f2.8. Film: FujiColor1600HG.
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Observer: Pavel Kubicek
Location: Observatory and Planetarium, Teplice, Czech Republic
Date: March 27, 1997 18:27 UT
Image is a sandwich of nine original, processed images (unsharp masking) taken at 18:27 UT (midtime of exposures) on 03/27/97, 8 seconds each with 150mm (6") Maksutov - Cassegrain f/15 + Barlow lens 1.3x and Cookbook 245 CCD camera.
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Observer: Toni Scarmato
Location: Calabria, Italy
Date: March 27, 1997 19:10 UT
Reflex CHINON Ob. 50mm, f/1.9, Exposure 40 sec on KODAK EKTAR 1000 ISO.
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Observer: Martin Mutti
Location: Stockerenweg 1, Wichtrach, Switzerland
Date: March 27, 1997 19:14:47 - 19:56:38 UT
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Photo Lens: Minolta MD Macro 100mm f/4
CCD-Camera: SBIG ST-7
IR Stop + red, green, blue filter
Integrations: red: 4 X 60 sec
green: 4 X 90 sec
blue: 4 X 300 sec
total: 1800 sec
Image manipulation: dark substract, flat field
Imaging software: CCDOPS36, PRISM
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Observer: Toni Scarmato
Location: Calabria, Italy
Date: March 27, 1997 19:15 UT
Reflex Chinon Ob. 50mm f/1.9, 40 second exposure on Kodak Ektar 1000.
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Observer: Toni Scarmato
Location: Calabria, Italy
Date: March 27, 1997 19:15 UT
Reflex Yashica, Ob. 135mm, f/2.5, exposure 25 sec on Kodak Ektar 1000 ISO.
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Observers: Andjelko Glivar, Igor Cajko, Mirko Knezic
Location: Donja Stubica, Croatia
Date: March 27, 1997 19:20 UT
First image: 50mm/f:2. Second image: Tele 300mm/f:5,6. Third image: HB over Church of St. Jacob in Donja Stubica.
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Observers: Umberto Cagossi, Roberto Montanari
Location: Ventasso Mountain, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Date: March 27, 1997 19:25-19:55 UT
First image: F.180mm f/2.8 Fuji NPH 400 10 min exposure
Second image: F.50mm f/3.5 Fuji SGP 800 5 min exposure
Third image: F.16mm f/2.8 Fuji SGP 800 4 min exposure
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Observer: Herman Mikuz
Location: Crni Vrh Observatory
Date: March 27, 1997 19:41 UT
False-color image of comet Hale-Bopp, obtained in the light of singly-ionized water ions, with 2.8/180mm lens, CCD and narrow-band H2O+ filter, centered at 620nm (FWHM=10nm). Exposure time was 5 minutes. The field of view is 3.8ox2.5o.
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Observers: Alessandro Dimai, Alessandro Zardini, Renzo Volcan
Location: Col Druscie Observatory, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Date: March 27, 1997 20:10 UT
Three images of the Hale Bopp comet taken with a Tele 300 mm f/2,8, exp. 3' - Tele 100 mm. f/2,8, exp. 3' (near M 31 in Androme da) and with a 35 mm lens f/2,8 The comet was of magnitude -1,0 with a naked eye visible ion tail of ~18 deg. and a diffuse dust tail of ~12 deg.
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Observer: Blaine Bittman
Location: Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
Date: March 27, 1997 20:30
Olympus OM-10, f2.8 135mm lens at infinity, approx 40 sec. exposure, KodakRoyal Gold 1000 film.
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Observer: Udo Zlender
Location: Bonn, Germany
Date: March 27, 1997 20:40 UT
These tiled ccd-images of the inner coma of comet Hale-Bopp were made at the prime focus of a Celestron C11. Camera was OES LcCCD14 in 2x2 binning mode, exp. time was 5 seconds, no filters were used. The pictures are a combination of 7 images which were dark subtracted, registered and median combined. The second shows the inner parts, log scaled and 4 times zoomed. To enhance details the images are shown in false color at different contrasts.
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Observer: Xavier Bros
Location: Montjoia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Date: March 27, 1997 20:45, 19:45 UT
Both images taken with a 200mm with f4, 10 minutes of exposure on Fuji G 800.
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Observer: Philippe Demoulin
Location: Jungfraujoch Observatory, Switzerland
Date: March 27, 1997 21:31 UT
Lens: 29 mm at f/2.8. Exposure time 2 minutes (camera on tripod). Film Fujichrome Provia 1600 (slide) developed at 800 ASA.
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Observer: Denis Bergeron
Location: Quebec, Canada
Date: March 27, 1997 23:33 UT
Images of the Hale-Bopp comet's nuclei were taken with a Meade SCT 10" F10 (FL:2500mm). I used a CCD camera SBIG ST6 and have taken 15 images exposed 1 sec each. All the 15 images were added and processed by unsharp masking and other processing technics. The blue color was added to increase the appearance of the comet and is not the real color of Hale-Bopp.
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Observer: Rainer Timm
Location: Planegg, Germany
Date: March 28, 1997
Nikon EM, Nikkor 50mm f1,4 25sec.
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Observer: Joe Roberts
Location: Oakdale, Connecticut
Date: March 28, 1997
30 second fixed tripod shot on Kodak Royal Gold 400, 50mm lens @F2.0.
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Observer: Daniel Fischer
Location: Koenigswinter, Germany
Date: March 28, 1997 UT
50 mm / 1.8 on Fujichrome Sensia 400.
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Observer: Nick James
Location: Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Date: March 28, 1997
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Observer: Bob Yen
Location: Mojave Desert
Date: March 28, 1997
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Observer: Gregg Geist
Location: Llano, Texas
Date: March 28, 1997
Tripod mounted 50mm f/2 for 50 seconds on PJM 640 Multi-Speed Ektapress at 640 ASA.
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Observer: Howard Taylor
Location: Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Date: March 28, 1997
Camera - Pentax Program-A, 50mm F1.7 lens. Film - Fujichrome Provia 1600 ASA. Exposure - 30 seconds, unguided.
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Observer: Vivet Thomas
Location: France
Date: March 28, 1997
Minolta XD7 with a 200 mmm lens at f/4 on Fuji 800 film (150 sec exposure).
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Observer: Brian Cerveny
Location: Owosso, Michigan
Date: March 28, 1997 UT
50 mm lens, 30 second unguided exposure on Kodak 1000.
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Observer: Mark Starzomski
Location: Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: March 28, 1997
30 sec exposure, with 50 mm lens, Black's 400 speed film, at f/2.
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Observer: Greg Hammer
Location: Greeley, Colorado
Date: March 28, 1997
f2, 50 mm at 25 seconds, Koday Royal Gold 1000.
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Observer: Tom Polakis
Location: Table Mesa, Arizona
Date: March 28, 1997
1. This is an 8-minute exposure on Kodak PPF 400 using a 70-210mm zoom lens wide open at f/4 (surprisingly not too bad!).
2. This 15mm fisheye photo from March 28 features the Zodiacal Light, the comet, and the photographer. Sirius is on the left edge, while Cassiopeia shows up on the right side of the frame. It's a 4-minute exposure on PPF 400 at f/2.8.
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Observer: Andy Lauer
Location: San Saba, Texas
Date: March 28, 1997
Taken with a 50mm lens @ f/2 with Fuji Super G 800 print film. Exposure time was 5min. Image was digitized and enhanced with Snappy.
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Observer: Brian Josephson
Location: Worcester, United Kingdom
Date: March 28, 1997
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Observer: Michael Mirjahangir
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Date: March 28, 1997
5 sec. at f/1.9 guided used 50mm lens and Fuji 400 speed film.
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Observer: Paul Gitto
Location: Arcturus Observatory, Pine Barrens of Whiting, New Jersey
Date: March 28, 1997 00:09 UT
First image is a 1 sec. exp. of Comet Hale-Bopp taken with a Meade 10" LX 200 @ F/3.3 Pictor 416 CCD Dark & flat field corrected, log scaled and unsharp masked. False blue color added.
Second image is a 1 sec. exp. of Comet Hale-Bopp taken with a Meade 10" LX 200 @ F/3.3 Pictor 416 CCD Dark & flat field corrected, log scaled. False color added.
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Observer: Geoff Chester
Location: Eleuthera, Bahamas
Date: March 28, 1997 00:10 UT
Tripod-mounten Nikon FM2 and a 50mm f/2 lens. It is a 10-second unguided exposure on Kodak PPF-400 color negative film.
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Observer: Paul Gitto
Location: Arcturus Observatory, Pine Barrens of Whiting, New Jersey
Date: March 28, 1997 00:17 UT
A 5 sec. exp. of Comet Hale-Bopp. Meade 10" LX 200 @ F/3.3 Pictor 416 CCD Dark & flat field corrected, histogram equalization and unsharp masking. False color added.
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Observer: Ian Griffin
Location: Astronaut Memorial Planetarium & Observatory, Cocoa, Florida
Date: March 28, 1997 00:20-00:50 UT
First image is a wide field view of Hale Bopp taken using an Aero Ektar lens. Linear feature is a flag pole.... Exposure 4 minutes, taken through a blue filter.
Second image is a 180 second exposure of comet Hale-Bopp. A 12 inch Maksutov telescope, working at a focal ratio of f5 was used with an SBIG ST8 CCD camera and a blue filter.
Third image is a 60 second image of Hale Bopp taken through a blue filter. Fourth image is a A false colour version of the third image.
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Observer: George Varros
Location: Mt. Airy, Maryland
Date: March 28, 1997 00:26-01:30 UT
8" SCT @ f/10 EDC-1000 CCD. All images were unsharp masked.
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Observer: Allen Bell
Location: Wells, Maine
Date: March 28, 1997 00:30 UT
15 seconds at f/2.5 on Ektanar 1600 film Nikon F3 with 105mm Nikkor lens Negative scanned into Photoshop and reversed.
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Observer: Joe Scamardella
Location: New Salem, Massachusetts
Date: March 28, 1997 00:30 UT
Kodak Royal Gold 1000, approx. 50 seconds, Olympus OM-1/Sigma 70-300mm @300 mm on tripod.
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Observer: Nick Campitelli
Location: Crabtree, Pennsylvania
Date: March 28, 1997 00:43, 01:23 UT
Image 1 Film: Fuji Super G 800 plus Lens: 50mm at f/4 Exposure: apprx. 10 min. Image 2 Film: Fuji Super G 800 plus Lens: 300mm at f/4 Exposure: apprx. 3 min.
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Observer: John DeRosa
Location: Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Date: March 28, 1997 01:00 UT
50mm, F2, 60secs (tripod), Fuji 800 Color.
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Observer: Dan Pfeiffer
Location: Euclid, Ohio
Date: March 28, 1997 01:00 UT
50 mm, @F2, 60 sec, Kodak Royal Gold 1000.
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Observer: Brian Oyer
Location: Lake Ontario, New York
Date: March 28, 1997 01:00-01:30 UT
The first is a 40 second unguided exposure on Fuji 800 Super G, with a fill flash. A Vivitar Series-1 28-90mm zoom lens was set at about 28mm and f/3.5. The second is a six minute exposure with the same film and lens, with the lens zoomed in to 90mm. The camera was mounted piggyback on a Celestron-8. The green pattern is a tree.
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Observer: W. Jay Gregory
Location: Richboro, Pennsylvania
Date: March 28, 1997 01:10 UT
Hale-Bopp taken through a 200mm telephoto lens using Fuji 800 Super G Plus with an exposure time of 4 minutes. The blue ion tail is just barely visible.
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Observer: Frank Marotta
Location: Dallas, Texas
Date: March 28, 1997 01:15 UT
Equipment: Nikon F3HP, 50mm Nikkor @ f/2.0. Film: Fuji 400SG+, 15 seconds.
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Observer: Chris Burford
Location: Crockett, Texas
Date: March 28, 1997 01:15-01:17 UT
Camera: Pentax 35mm, 50mm lens @ f 1.6 Film: Kodacolor 400 Exposure duration: 2 minutes
The camera was positioned "piggy-back" on a Celestron 8" telescope.
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Observer: Jarle Aasland
Location: Stavanger, Norway
Date: March 28, 1997 01:16-01:26 UT
50mm lens, Fuji 800.
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Observer: Bill Schwittek
Location: Peachland, North Carolina
Date: March 28, 1997 01:17, 01:37 UT
1) It's a "wide field" image of Hale-Bopp reflected in one of our ponds. Exposure: 40 Sec, Lens: 50mm at f/1.4, Film: Fuji 400 print.
2) Exposure: 5 Min, Lens: 200mm f/4, Film: Fuji 400 print.
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Observer: Jean-Luc Filion
Location: St. Charles de Mandeville, QC, Canada
Date: March 28, 1997 01:20 UT
The wider field image was taken using a Canon FTB camera equipped with a 50mm F1.8 lens. Exposure time was 2 minutes 30 seconds on 400ASA film. The camera was mounted on an equatorial platform with a stepper motor.
The next image was shot through a 200mm F3.3 telephoto lens using the same setup as above.
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Observer: David Hanon
Location: Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee
Date: March 28, 1997 01:30 UT
The image is a 1 minute exposure taken at 01:30 UT on 03/28/97. The lens was a 300mm f/2.8.
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Observer: David Fideler
Location: James C. Veen Observatory, Lowell, Michigan
Date: March 28, 1997 01:30-02:30 UT
FILM: Kodak Ektachrome P1600; CAMERA: Pentax K1000 on stationary tripod; LENS: 50mm; EXPOSURE: Under one minute. Photos processed for brightness, contrast, and sharpness in Photoshop.
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Observers: Bill Keel, Gary Holmes
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Date: March 28, 1997 01:30 UT
First image: 50mm f/1.8, 5-minute guided exposure at 0130 UT on 28 March. Kodacolor 400, taken from a farm west of Tuscaloosa, AL (special thanks to the Ingram family for use of their pasture).
Second image: 400mm f/6.3, 20-minute guided exposure on Kodacolor 400 starting at 0130 UT on March 28 (started simultaneously with the 50mm exposure above).
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Observer: David McDavid
Location: Limber Observatory, Pipe Creek, Texas
Date: March 28, 1997 01:40, 02:10 UT
Two images of Comet Hale-Bopp taken in red light (Bessell R filter) through variable clouds with a Photometrics CCD camera (Thomson 512 chip) on the DFM 0.4 m f/12 Cassegrain telescope at Limber Observatory.
The Pink Easter Egg is the inner 3 arcmin of the coma, using a color table that emphasizes the "arc" features. It is the average of four 1.5 s exposures.
The Frosty Rainbow image is the inner 5 arcmin of the coma, using a color table that emphasizes the shapes of the isophotes. It is the average of four 2 s exposures.
North is up and east is left in both pictures. The color lookup tables are part of the collection provided with the ximtool component of IRAF.
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Observer: M. Pandolfo
Location: Spencer, Massachussets
Date: March 28, 1997 02:00 UT
All images were taken with a Pentax K1000 camera with a 210mm lens at f-4. The camera was tripod mounted, and stationary (unguided). Exposure time: 30 seconds.
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Observer: Loren Hutchinson
Location: Monument Lake, Colorado
Date: March 28, 1997 02:00 UT
32 second exposure at f1.8 through a 50 mm lens on Fuji 800 speed film. The sky glow on the right side of the picture is from Denver. It wasn't that noticable at the lake, but the timed exposure really brought out the red portion of the light.
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Observer: Don Cekada
Location: Park Hill, Pennsylvania
Date: March 28, 1997 02:15 UT
Nikon camera with Fuji Super G 800 film using a 35-70mm zoom lens at f2.8 for 45 seconds exposure.
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Observer: Mike Lanham
Location: Cohutta Overlook, Georgia
Date: March 28, 1997 02:30 UT
Approximately 20 second exposure on Fuji 1600ASA film, Pentax K-1000, 28mm.
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Observer: Bob DuBrall
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date: March 28, 1997 02:45-03:45 UT
Image #1 135MM Takumar F2.8 4 min. (guided) hypered Fuji 800G Plus Note: M31 in lower right corner Image #2 Minneapolis, MN 50MM Pentax F2.5 3 min. (guided) hypered Fuji 800G Plus Image #3 Minneapolis, MN Takumar 135MM F2.8 3.5 min. (guided) hypered Fuji 800G Plus
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Observer: Grant Cummings
Location: Elmore, Ohio
Date: March 28, 1997 03:00 UT
Image taken using an old Minolta srT201 w/a 50mm lens: f2, Fuji Super G+ 800, around a 20 second exposure.
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Observers: Cyril Birnbaum, Eric Frappa
Location: Pic du Midi Observatory, France
Date: March 28, 1997 03:46 UT
This image was taken with the 55cm telescope. The raw image on the right shows the 30 minutes field of the actual camera (HiSiS 44). The lelft one is a zoom on the inner coma. We used a radial gradient to enhance the dust shells.
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Observers: John Strohsacker, Sara Maher
Location: Mount Carmel, Maryland
Date: March 28, 1997, 04:02 UT
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Observer: Loke Kun Tan
Location: Joshua Tree National Monument, California
Date: March 28, 1997 04:30 UT
Image taken with a Pentax 6x7 90mm f/2.8. It is a 60 sec exposure where the moon was used to highlight the landscape.
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Observer: John Maupin
Location: Meridian, Idaho
Date: March 28, 1997 10:30 UT
28mm lens @ f2.8 for 20 seconds of exposure on Fuji Supger G + 400.
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Observer: Bill Hutchinson
Location: Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Date: March 28, 1997 11:00 UT
Nikon N90 50mm at f2.0, 1 minute exposure on Fuji 400HG, guided by haig mount.
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Observer: Vincenzo Barabino
Location: Torgnon (AOSTA), Italy
Date: March 28, 1997 19:30 UT
90mm F2.0 lens, Kodak Royal Gold 1000 film, and a 15 seconds exposure.
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Observer: Fred Wehner
Location: Hochstetten, Germany
Date: March 28, 1997 19:30 UT
The first image is taken with a Pentax 1:1.4 50mm on Kodak Tri-X-Pan with 25 sec exposure time. The 2nd image is taken with a Pentax 1:2.5 200mm on Kodak Tri-X-Pan and 15 sec exp. time.
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Observer: Petr Pazour
Location: Vlasim, Czech Republic
Date: March 28, 1997 19:35, 19:37 UT
camera: PRAKTICA lens: PRAKTICAR 2.8/28 film: KODAK GOLD 400 exposure: 55 & 65 sec
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Observers: Konrad Horn, Gerhard Neumann
Location: Germany
Date: March 28, 1997 19:47-19:54 UT
Image taken with a 177/300 Schmidtcamera on TP2415 hyp.
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Observers: Dominque Mouret, Vincent Tanchoux, Herve Choplin
Location: Tours City, France
Date: March 28, 1997 19:50, 20:00 UT
First image: Camera: Olympus OM1 box with a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Exposure time: 20s. Film: Konica 3200 SR-G Professional. Comments: Clear weather without Moon. The two tails are clearly distinguished.
Second image: Same parameters as the first. The magenta straight line with equidistant white points is the trace of crossing of a plane.
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Observer: Lorenzo Comolli
Location: Tradate, Italy
Date: March 28, 1997 20:00 UT
30 sec exposure, Scotch Chrome 3200 ISO, 28 mm (f/4).
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Observer: Stephane Razemon
Location: Bailleul (Nord), France
Date: March 28, 1997 20:00 UT
Film: Kodack 400 Gold. Lens: 135mm, 1/2.5 Exp. Time: 3mn
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Observer: Fernando Jordan
Location: Requena, Valencia, Spain
Date: March 28, 1997 20:09 UT
tele. 135 mm f/2.8 and 3 minutes exposure using KODAK Royal Gold 1000-ASA, guided by MEADE LX-200.
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Observer: The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
Location: Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain
Date: March 28, 1997 20:25 UT
This picture is the sum of three 120s exposures using a narrow band filter centered at 618 nanometers. It's 9.5W9.6 degrees.
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Observer: John Sussenbach
Location: De Bilt, The Netherlands
Date: March 28, 1997 20:25 UT
200 mm f/4.5 lens on Ektar 1000, 14 min. exposure.
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Observer: Frans Frenken
Location: At Goes, The Netherlands
Date: March 28, 1997 20:30 UT
Nikon FM, 50/1.2, 10 & 20 seconds, Fuji 800 SG.
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Observer: Rune Goa
Location: Lillesand, Norway
Date: March 28, 1997 20:30 UT
400 asa pos. film, 50mm/2,2/16 sec.
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Observers: Jose Manteca, Albert Sanchez
Location: Barcolona, Spain
Date: March 28, 1997 20:53:24
Meade LX200 8" f:6,3 CCD SX filter R, 2 second exposure.
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Observer: David Parkin
Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Date: March 28, 1997 22:00 UT
This picture is a 2 minute exposure through a 200mm f4.5 telephoto lens/camera system. The 400asa B/W film was push processed to 800asa. The camera was mounted atop a small equatorial mount and hand tracked using a 60mm refractor as a guide-scope.
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Observer: Jarle Aasland
Location: Stavanger, Norway
Date: March 28, 1997 23:32-23:56 UT
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Observers: Alberto Quijano Vodniza, Luis M. Quinones
Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Date: March 28, 1997 23:45 UT
The image was taken with a Canon camera through a 16 inch, F10 reflector. 10 sec exposure. Film : 1000 ASA Kodak Royal Gold .
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