Helena Observatory,   North Alton, NS

Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale Bopp)

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Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale Bopp), 10-Apr-1997

Scope: 28mm lens, f/3.5
Mount: C-90 (piggyback)
Guiding: none
Imaging Camera: Pentax KX
ISO: 400 (film)
Frames: 1
Total Exposure: 2m30s
Processing: scanned from print, Photoshop
 
Of interest, left-to-right; Mir space station, crescent Moon, M45 Pleiades, aurora borealis, Comet Hale-Bopp, Algol (in comet's tail)

 

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