The Comet Hale-Bopp (C1995O1)

CCD images by Enrico Prosperi 
The comet as it appeared in the Easter evening of march 30th,1997.
The comet in the Easter evening of march 30th, 1997. 29mm f/5.6. 5x90s. The comet in the Easter evening of march 30th, 1997. 200mm f/5.6. 7x15s.
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The comet Hall-Bopp on the early morning of march 10th, 1997 through a 29 mm camera lens open at f/5.6. The image was derived from 3 exposures 120s each. The plasma tail (the straight one) and the dust tail are well visible. The comet was in the constellation of Lacerta.On the same day the comet was viewed through a 200 mm f/5.6 camera lens. It is the result of the mosaic of 2 images obtained from the median of 5 exposures 20s each.
The comet Hall-Bopp captured through a 29mm f/5.6 lens (120s exposure) The comet Hall-Bopp captured through a 200mm f/5.6 lens (mosaic of 2 images 20s exposure each)
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Other archival images of the comet:

 
 
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Hale-Bopp at june, 1996.
Hale-Bopp at september, 1996.
Hale-Bopp at october, 1996.
Hale-Bopp at november, 1996.
The comet at the beginning of december 1996. Log greyscale.
The comet at the beginning of december 1996. Linear greyscale.
C1995O1 - 97/03/09 - LT 03:40 - efl=1190mm - mosaic of 2 5x15s images.
1996, june.
1996, september. 
 1996, october.
1996, november.
 1996, december.
1996, december.
1997, march 10th
Enrico Prosperi -- Email: e.prosperi_at_alice.it 
Professor of  Electronics and Telecommunications 
Istituto Tecnico Industriale "Silvano Fedi" - via Panconi 39 - 51100 Pistoia - Italy
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