[Lvas] 12 years ago

[roger ivester]

It's hard to believe that it has been 12 years since Hale-Bopp streaked across the overhead and northern sky.

 

I have attached a sketch from the night of March 16th 1997. I was using my 10-inch reflector with a 20mm UO Erfle and a 2.8x UO Klee barlow. Magnification was 160X with a FOV of 0.38° or 23 minutes of arc.

 

The sketch was made at 4:00 AM local EST. The temperature was 29°.

 

I was using high magnification to study the nucleus and coma. 

 

Using a small RF telescope at low power I measured a tail of over 5° 

 

I noted the coordinates at:    Right ascention: 23h 15m   Declination: +44° 30 minutes

 

Now that was a comet...

 

I also attached NGC 3226-3227 interacting galaxies.

 

Best regards, Roger Ivester


 
    I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.      Abraham Lincoln




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