Observation by Peter Mulligan: Going retro Hale Bopp 1997

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Peter Mulligan

Observer

Peter Mulligan

Observed

2020 Jan 13 - 18:24

Uploaded

2020 Jan 13 - 18:51

Objects

C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp
Widefield

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 21^h06^m
Dec: +40°27'
Position angle: -45°03'

Field size

49° × 31°

Equipment

Canon EF-M SLR film camera on fixed tripod
EF 35-80 lens, Kodak gold ultra 400 film

Exposure

30sec, 400 ISO

Location

Sheffield

Target name

Hale Bopp

Title

Going retro Hale Bopp 1997

About this image

Thursday Mar 6 1997 05:15UT, Comet Hale Bopp C/1995 01, below the Northern cross.

I had just been able to afford an SLR film camera and started trying to image the comet during March and April of that year. I took the film in to Boots for processing explaining to the assistant that they were pictures of the night sky, When I went to collect the prints it felt worse than going to the Dentist, I was just hoping something would be visible. All in all they were okay at least I had imaged the Comet.

I scanned these prints into the computer and Astrometry.net calibrated them.

Surly we must be due for a bright comet soon

Files associated with this observation

MAR 6TH 1997 INFO.jpg (126.8 kB)

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Mr Leonard Entwisle, Dr Paul Leyland, David Swan, Jeremy Shears, Mr John William Hughes, Andy Wilson, Andrew Dumbleton

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