Comet Hale-Bopp

Pictures by Philippe Demoulin

Comet Hale-Bopp and the Moon at sunset, from Fronville (Hotton), on April 10, 1997 at 21h39 UT+2.
Lens: 29 mm at f/2.8.  Exposure time 35 seconds (on tripod).
Film Kodak Ektachrome Elite 400, pushed to 800 ASA.

Picture obtained at Fronville (Hotton), on April 10, 1997 at 21h56 UT+2.
Lens: 50 mm at f/1.8.  Exposure time 30 seconds (on tripod).
Film Kodak Ektachrome Elite 400, pushed to 800 ASA.

Picture taken at the Herbet Cross (Durbuy), on April 11, 1997 at 21h47 UT+2.
Lens: 50 mm at f/1.8.  Exposure time 1 minute (on tripod).
Film Fujicolor SG1600.

Picture taken at Herbet (Durbuy), on April 11, 1997 at 22h29 UT+2.
The line under the comet is not a shooting star... but an airplane !
Lens: 50 mm at f/1.8.  Exposure time 1 minute (manual tracking with a home-made simplified equatorial mounting).
Film Fujicolor SG1600.

The Moon and the comet Hale-Bopp (in a cloudy sky !).
Picture taken between Herbet and Verlaine (Durbuy), on April 11, 1997 at 22h50 UT+2.
Lens: 29 mm at f/2.8.  Exposure time 30 seconds (manual tracking with a home-made simplified equatorial mounting).
Film Fujicolor SG1600.

The Hale-Bopp comet through a willow tree.
Picture taken at Monville (Hotton), on April 13, 1997 at 23h07 UT+2.
Lens: 50 mm at f/1.8.  Exposure time 40 seconds (on tripod).
Film Fujicolor SG1600.

The Hale-Bopp comet above an old convent, at Cointe (Liège).
Picture taken on April 15, 1997 at 22h09 UT+2.
Lens: 50 mm at f/1.8.  Exposure time 30 seconds (on tripod).
Film Fujicolor SG1600.

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