Comet Hale-Bopp in the sky over Mt. Yatsugatake

Date & Time:	Apr 26 1997 19:39 JST (+0900), 6min. Exp.
Optical:	MD Rokkor f=35mm F2.8, Aperture: F4.0
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera:	MINOLTA SRT-101
Film:	Konicacolor LV 400
Location:	Minamimaki vil., Nagano pref.

This image shows you the floating comet Hale-Bopp over evening Mt. Yatsugatake, a famous mountain range at central district of Japan. The Pleiades is setting beyond the ridgeline.
You can detect several striking wintry constellations and bright stars; Aldebaran of Taurus in center of the image, Betelgeuse of Orion in left hand side, and so on. Among them, the comet Hale-Bopp was brighter than any other bright stars trailing a long dust tail.

HB vanishing into Mt.Yatsugatake

HB on Apr 13 1997 (f=360mm)

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