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Hale-Bopp
- 8 february 1997
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My first night of observation of the comet
after the invisibility period in december-january. A beautiful ion tail
start to develop. Visible in the image: the "coathanger" open cluster at
left of the comet, Albireo at top and Altair at bottom.
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Technical Data
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| Optics |
Photographical objective |
| Focal Lenght |
55 mm |
| Focal Ratio |
f/2,8 |
| Exposure Time |
1 min |
| Film |
Scotch Chrome 800-3200 |
| Developement sensibility |
3200 ISO |
| Location |
San Martino (VA, on the
Italian Prealps) at 1083m |
| Date and time of exposure
start |
8 february 1997, 4.40
UT |
| Mount |
Meade 2080 |
| Tracking |
Manual |
| Notes |
Rescanned in 2002 |
