Comet Hale-Bopp in March 1997, taken in early morning with last quarter Moon providing the illumination. Taken with fixed camera, Plaubel Makina 6x7 camera with 80mm f/2.8 lens and Fujichrome 400 slide film (120 format). About 20 second exposure. Taken from home. Cassiopeia is at upper left.
Comet Hale-Bopp taken evening of April 8, 1997 from home in southern Alberta. Comet near Algol in Persue and below Perseus Association and left of M34. Double Cluster also visible at upper right. Taken with Plaubel Makina 6x7 camera, piggybacked on tracking mount, with Fujichrome 400 slide film, and about 10 minute exposure at f/4. Comet low in NW so sky brighter at bottom of frame. Some light cloud.
Comet Hale-Bopp on April 7, 1997, with it passing near M34, and showing the classic twin tails of a comet: the straight blue ion or gas tail and the curving white dust tail. Taken with the 180mm Nikkor lens at f/2.8 on Ektachrome Elite II 100 slide film (very fine grain) for about a 10 minute exposure, tracked at sidereal rate, not on comet. Taken from home in Alberta. Re-processed in May 2020.
