Hale-Bopp

[MarkW]

Date: May 1997

Camera: Lichtenknecker Flat Field Camera 8" f/4.0
Mount: Losmandy G11
Position: 100 miles NNE of Los Angeles, United States.
Elevation: 6700" AMSL
Film: Fuji 400 ASA negative (un-hypered)
Exposure: 30 seconds

Photographer: Mark Williams

[h0ughy]

now that one is opening a can of worms - lovely shot and welcome Mark, not a bad first post!! interesting to compare that to the current Comet McNaught c/2006 p1

[MarkW]

thanks mate !
yes, what a great sight that was !

[RB]

:eyepop: wow great shot Mark !

Welcome to the Forum too BTW.

:welcome:

[MarkW]

Thanks for that, this site is great !

[iceman]

Wow, incredible shot Mark! :welcome: to IIS.

I hope you have more images up your sleeve like that one!

[MarkW]

Thanks Iceman !
I'll get some more together...

[leon]

Hi Mark and welcome, I know that name from somewhere. :whistle:

Cheers leon :thumbsup:

[Astroman]

Awesome shot mark, wow that brings back some memories. Welcome too..

[Ric]

Very nice image Mark, just love the colours coming through.

Cheers

[Striker]

Awesome stuff Mark.

[Exfso]

That is one very lovely shot, excellent stuff..

[MarkW]

Thanks Pedro,

Mark

[Lester]

Nice shot Mark,

love the wispy blue comming off of the head. Seems as though comet heads emit in different ways, which makes them very interesting.