HALE-BOPP
A photo of Hale-Bopp taken on April 10th 1997 using a Zenith camera with a
50mm lens at f/2, with a 20 second exposure (undriven) on Kodak Ultra Gold 400
ASA film.
A series of drawings of the core detail of Hale-Bopp in late March and
early April, showing changes around the pseudo-nucleus.
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Hale-Bopp core detail; 31st March 1997; 20:10 UT. x150;
seeing good; transparency excellent. |
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Hale-Bopp core detail;3rd April 1997. 20:35 UT. x150; seeing
fair; transparency fair. |
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Hale-Bopp core detail; 7th April 1997. 20:50 UT; x150; seeing
good; transparency good. |
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9th April 1997: 20:30 UT; x150; seeing fair; transparency
fair. |
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10th April 1997: 21:05 UT; x150; seeing good; transparency
excellent. |
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14th April 1997: 20:15 UT; x150; seeing fair; transparency
fair; moonlight interfering. |
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15th April 1997: 20:40 UT; x150; seeing good; transparency
good; moonlight interfering. |
THE MOON
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Copernicus
1996 February 28: 20:00 - 20:45 UT. x200; seeing
excellent; transparency excellent.
Moon 10 days old. |
Gassendi
1996 January 31: 20:00 UT: x200; moon 11 days
old; seeing fair; transparency fair. |
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THE SUN
Early August 1998 I saw considerable activity on the Sun, with a number of
large sunspot groups appearing. Below is an image drawn on 9th August at 1400
UT, projecting with my 90mm refractor and 25mm eyepiece. Areas shown as unshaded
shapes are faculae (bright areas).
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In case anyone reading this page doesn't already
know, NEVER EVER look at the sun directly. All my observations are made by
projecting the sun's image and viewing the projection only. |
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