Hyakutake 1996 B2 & Hale - Bopp C/1995 O1

The big surprise in 1996 was the 1996/B2 Hyakutake. I made my first-ever reasonable astrophotos in March 1996. This comet was a good object to start with.

Even the Hale-Bopp C/1995 was discovered ealier - the show began one year after Hyakutake. And what a show ! Here is a small collection of the photos I made in 1997.

I made about 50 Hale-Bopp photos, where almost all came out reasonably well. I learned to work very carefully with my clock tracker. This payed off in many good results. The quote of photos which come out bad is below 10% now. The image quality suffers a lot. What you see here is poor to something much more impressive on the original slide.

On my Astrophotography I page, you may learn more on the equipment I use.

If you want a 20*30 cm print from the original slide of one of these images, let me know. You can get it from me ! I received a number of requests for my astrophotos. If you are interested you may access my order form.

Here are some photos in "stamp" size. By selecting the image you will get a higher resolution at 400*600.

All my good astrophotos are on a Kodak CD ROM now. They were professionally scanned. I do have them in a very good quality here now with a fantastic resolution.

These images can be ordered. See the astrophoto order page.

	#1: Hyakutake 1996 B2 in zenith Instrument: NIKON F90, 1.8/50mm Film: Fuji Sensia 400 ASA - Slide Exposure time: 4 min, guided Date: 27 March 1996 / ca.0300 UT Note: You may order this image.
	Hyakutake nucleus Instrument: NIKON F90, 3.5/220mm M42 Zoom Film: Fiji Sensia 400 ASA - Slide Exposure time: 30 sec, unguided Date: 28 March 1996 / ca. 0310 UT Note: Scan from a larger image - red color excerpt
	#2:Hale-Bopp over the Eckernfoerde Bucht Instrument: NIKON F90, 1.8/50 Film: Kodak Gold pro II 400 ASA - Slide Exposure time: 15sec Date: 06 March 1997, ca. 1900 UT
	#3:Hale - Bopp This image is one of my best photos I made of the Hale - Bopp comet. The original slide shows a lot of fine details. Instrument: NIKON F90, 1.8/50mm Film: Kodak Gold pro II 400 ASA - Slide Exposure time: 7 min, guided Date: 6 April 1997; ca 2015 UT
	#4:Hale - Bopp This image was taken short after the one above. Astonishing fine details are visible. This evening of 6 April was very clear and dark. Even with some wind the improved clock tracker did a very good job. Looking at the slide the faintest stars appear as stars without any "tail". I made a photo with 25 min almost without any mistracking - someone switched on a light in the neighbourhood ... Instrument: NIKON F90, 2.8/135mm Film: Kodak Gold pro II 400 ASA - Slide Exposure time: 7 min, guided Date: 6 April 1997
	#5:Hale - Bopp Instrument: KIEV 19, 2.8/135mm Film: Kodak Gold pro II 400 ASA - Slide Exposure time: 4 min, guided Date: 16 March 1997,0345 UT

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