Comet Hale bopp

Sonia · #1 14-02-2006, 03:13 AM

My first astro pic when i was 11 using dads 35mm camera, on a 2 second exposure.

radioactive · #2 14-02-2006, 03:18 AM

thats an excellent picture really got some detatail in it

davidpretorius · #3 14-02-2006, 03:34 AM

great image

Octane (Humayun) · #4 14-02-2006, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonia

My first astro pic when i was 11 using dads 35mm camera, on a 2 second exposure.

I long for the day I can see something like that streaking across the sky. Lucky you!

Nice picture. That would have been a beautiful sight.

Regards,
Humayun

iceman (Mike) · #5 14-02-2006, 05:56 AM

I'm with you H.. I sooo wish I was into astronomy during those big bright comet days.

Great image Sonia.

acropolite (Phil) · #6 14-02-2006, 07:39 AM

Nice image Sonia, reminds me of comet, I saw it just like that under a dark sky, wish I had taken a photo....

[1ponders] (Paul) · #7 14-02-2006, 08:42 AM

That's one to keep and show the grandkids. I'm with Mike and Humayun. Wish there was one like that coming soon

ving (David) · #8 14-02-2006, 09:49 AM

cool pic

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #9 14-02-2006, 06:20 PM

Ditto
Very cool.

mickoking · #10 14-02-2006, 09:43 PM

Great pic sonia

Hale Bopp was a bit poor in oz, Managed to get a few pic's though.

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #11 14-02-2006, 11:13 PM

Ah Hale Bopp and Hyakutake, the two best comets of all time.

With Hale Bopp the average person could just go out there and see it, unlike most comets where you have to strain or have dark skies.

Might be another hundred years before another comes along as bright.

Sonia · #12 15-02-2006, 12:48 AM

I hear there's one visible in April, but not sure...

RB (Andrew) · #13 15-02-2006, 01:14 AM

What an awesome shot Sonia.
Well done.
Like Mike and Humayun, I missed out on seeing this great Comet too.
I was only a baby at the time.

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #14 15-02-2006, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonia

I hear there's one visible in April, but not sure...

You might be thinking of Schwassmann Wachmann 3. Due to peak around mag 2.7 if we're lucky. Hale-Bopp peaked around magnitude -0.7 although as mentioned favoured the northern hemisphere.

But don't let that put you off. Some of the "prettiest" comets were not always the brightest. T7 Linear was a beauty with amazing detail in the tail.

Portmac · #15 15-02-2006, 04:28 AM

Very nice, hopefully one day I too will have such images