Comet Hale-Bopp

Photos by Ellen Papenburg

Pictures on JPL/NASA site 1

Pictures on JPL/NASA site 2

Hyakutake on JPL/NASA site

Comet Hale-Bopp with standard lens (f/1.8-50mm) on a tripod. Exposure time 30 seconds on Fuji Super HG 1600 ASA/ISO 31 March 1997 20h48m EST.

Comet Hale-Bopp 200mm tele March 31, 1997. Telelens (f/3.8-200mm) guided with a "barndoor tracker" (two pieces of ply wood and a bolt on a tripod). 31 March 1997: 21h11m. Exposure 4 minutes on Kodak Royal Gold 1000 ASA/ISO. At a dark site 10 minutes from Drayton.