Comet Hale-Bopp on May 10 1997, The last shot



Date & Time: May 10 1997, 19:41 to 19:44 & 19:46 to 19:49 JST (+0900)
A composit image
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera: VIXEN VX-1
Film: Fujicolor Super G Ace 400
Location: Minamimaki vil., Nagano pref.



This image of the comet Hale-Bopp on evening of May 10 is a last-shot for me. In that day the comet was obscured with fog; this image shows only dust composition around the coma. Unfortunately it was repentant result to decorating the beauty of the end.




Tempel-Tuttle on Jan 31 1998

HB on Apr 26 1997 (f=360mm)


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