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C/1995 O1 Hale - Bopp on April 1 and April 7, 1997

This composite image illustrates the movement of the Hale - Bopp comet. The time interval is approximately six days. Well known double cluster in the Perseus constellation can be found near the image center.

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Date01. 04. 1997 and 07. 04. 1997
Time1st April : 20:06-20:08.5 UT
7th April : 21:08-21:09, 21:15-21:16.5, 21:17-21:17.7, 21:16-21:18 UT
Optics1st April : Jupiter 9 2/85 mm (s. 2.8)
7st April : Pentacon 1.8/50 mm
FilmIlford Delta 400
ProcessingComposition of 5 images (1 image taken on April 1, 4 images taken on April 7)
ScannerNikon LS 2000
SoftwareRegistar 1.0, Sofo ACC 5.0
NoteThe position of Hale - Bopp comet on April 1 is the right one, on April 7 the left one.
Copyright© 2003 Miloslav Druckmüller

 

Miloslav Druckmüller
Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
druckmuller@fme.vutbr.cz
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