Comet Hale-Bopp at the Jungfraujoch (Swiss Alps), on May 1, 1997, at 22h02
UT+2.
Lens : 50 mm at f/1.8. Exposure time 30 seconds (on tripod).
Film Fujicolor SG800.
Comet Hale-Bopp at the Jungfraujoch (Swiss Alps), on May 1, 1997, at 22h32
UT+2.
The dust tail is now very broad, and the gas tail shows different jets.
Lens : 135 mm at f/2.8. Exposure time 4 minutes (in parallel with a
telescope).
Film Fujicolor SG800.
The comet will set above Thoune, on May 1, 1997, at 23h16 UT+2. Picture
taken from the Jungfraujoch, in the Bern Alps, at 3580 m above sea level.
Lens : 29 mm at f/2.8. Exposure time 45 seconds (in parallel with a
telescope).
Film Fujicolor SG800.
Adieu Hale-Bopp ! The show of the great comet of 1997 ends beautifully!
The comet will soon set, preceded by a thin Moon crescent.
Weather will be cloudy during the next 10 days, then the comet will be too
low to be observable from our northern latitudes. Picture taken from the
Jungfraujoch, on May 8, 1997 around 22h40 UT+2.
Lens : 135 mm at f/2.8. Exposure time 30 seconds (in parallel with
a telescope).
Film Fujicolor SG1600.
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