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C/1995 O1 Hale - Bopp on March 6 and March 8, 1997

This composite image illustrates the movement of the Hale - Bopp comet through the Milky Way. The time interval is approximately two days. The brightest star in the top right part of this image is Deneb in the Cygnus constellation.

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Date06. 03. 1997 and 08. 03. 1997
Time6th March : 03:30-03:31, 03:32-03:33.5, 03:34-03:38, 03:40-03:45 UT
8th March :00:43-01:13, 01:24-01:28, 01:28-01:30, 01:31-01:38 UT
OpticsPentacon 2.8/100 mm
ProcessingComposition of 8 images (4 images taken on March 6, 4 images taken on March 8)
ScannerNikon LS 2000
SoftwareRegistar 1.0, Sofo ACC 5.0
NoteThe position of Hale - Bopp comet on March 6 is the right one and on March 8 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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