Comet Hale-Bopp with North American Nebula

Date & Time:	Mar 9 1997, 3:44 JST(+0900), 6min. Exp.
Optical:	MD Rokkor f=50mm F1.4, Aperture: F2.8
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera:	MINOLTA XD
Film:	Kodak Gold 400
Location:	Hara vil., Nagano pref.

I captured the comet Hale-Bopp just rose from the foreground forest with a standard photo lens. Although I could not detect with naked eyes, the image shows that the comet has a long bluish ion tail with a length of about 15 degrees. A reddish nebula in upper part is the North American Nebula (NGC7000) in Cygnus. This field is one of scenic spots in the Milky Way; the comet will travel along the edge of autumnal Milky Way from now on. The Hale-Bopp will have a climax of closest approach to the Earth repeating rendezvous with various nebulae and star clusters, and leave beyond the solar system.

HB on Mar 9 1997

HB on Feb 13 1997

		Copyright(c) 1997 by Naoyuki Kurita, All rights reserved.
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