Images of comet Hale-Bopp taken during the July and August 1996
August 20, 1996
False-color image of comet Hale-Bopp, taken on 1996 Aug. 20.883UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.
(Size 66K)
False-color (left) and w-b image (right) of comet Hale-Bopp inner coma structure. It was taken on 1996 August 20.870UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 S-C telescope, V-filter and CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. The frames field of view is 17'x11'.
(Size 91K, 50K)
August 16, 1996
False-color image of comet Hale-Bopp, taken on 1996 Aug. 16.880UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.
(Size 64K)
August 9, 1996
False-color image of comet Hale-Bopp, taken on 1996 Aug. 9.930UT (start) with the 36-cm, f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, R-filter and Wright CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. The frame field of view is 17'x11'.
(Size 118K)
Images of comet Hale-Bopp inner coma taken with R and V filters shows a number of jet-like features, extending from the nuclear region.
Left image: R-filter frame, taken on 1996 Aug. 9, 22:18 - 22:21UT. Right image: V-filter frame, taken on 1996 Aug. 9, 22:27 - 22:32UT. Both were obtained with the 36-cm, f/6.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. The frame field of view is 17'x11'.
(Size 91K, 74K)
August 6, 1996
False-color image of comet taken on 1996 Aug. 6.898UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 5 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.
(Size 75K)
August 2, 1996
False-color image of comet Hale-Bopp, taken on 1996 Aug. 2.830UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.
(Size 67K)
July 22, 1996
False-color image of comet Hale-Bopp, taken on 1996 July 22.884UT (start) with the 20-cm, f/2 Baker-Schmidt camera, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. The frame field of view is 1.2x0.9 deg.
(Size 80K)
July 12, 1996
False-color image of comet Hale-Bopp, taken from the island of Mali Losinj (Croatia) on 1996 July 12.926UT (start) with the 3.5/250mm lens, V-filter and ST-6 CCD. Exposure time was 3 minutes. The frame field of view is 2.0x1.5 deg. Photo by H. Mikuz and V. Martinolic.
(Size 80K)
Home | Copyrights © 2002