Comet Hale-Bopp on Feb 13 1997 early morning


Date & Time: Feb 13 1997, 4:33 JST(+0900), 5min. Exp.
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera: VIXEN VX-1
Film: Kodak Gold 400
Location: Juuoh town, Ibaraki pref.


This image shows you the comet Hale-Bopp reached its visual brightness of 1st magnitude. It was comparatively bad transparency condition. The image has been performed a strong emphasis processing to visualize a bluish ion tail. More, in that day the comet closed to a major planetary nebula of M27 (Dumb-bell Nebula) in 3.5 degrees; I enjoyed a beautiful rendezvous-show. This image has been displayed by turning north direction leftward.



HB with North America Nebula
HB on Feb 9 1997

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