Comet Hale-Bopp vanishing into Mt. Yatsugatake

Date & Time:	Apr 26 1997 (Times written in image are JST)
Optical:	PENTAX 7.5cm(2.9") ED refractor with conversion lens (f=360mm, F4.8)
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera:	VIXEN VX-1
Film:	Fujicolor Super G Ace 400
Location:	Minamimaki vil., Nagano pref.

In that day, I could appreciate a beautiful view of the comet Hale-Bopp setting beyond the mountain ridgeline of Mt. Yatsugatake at central Japan. This set of three images show the change for seven minutes.
The black shadow is a main peak of Mt Agadake (2898m of elevation). The comet had set in western skies passing just near a summit hut at the mountain. After the coma disappeared, I could see a long dust tail stretched from the mountain seeming search-light.

HB on Apr 26 1997 (f=360mm)

HB in the sky over Mt.Yatsugatake

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