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COMET HALE BOPP
March 11, 1997 photo on Kodacolor 400 by Mike Wallace using a 50mm lens on a Nikon body. The blue tail (10 o'clock) consists predominantly of ionized molecules of various types. The blue color is produced by ionized CO. The tail at 11 o'clock consists of dust. The light is simply scattered sunlight.
CCD image of the comet's coma acquired at UNC on February 4, 1997
Image of Hale-Bopp as seen over the northeast plains of Colorado near sunrise, March 18, 1997.
Four-minute exposure of Hale-Bopp March 18, 1997 approx. 4 a.m. MST. Note the blue ionized gas tail at 9 o'clock.
60 mm lens view of Hale-Bopp over Eastern plains of Colorado. Image acquired near sunrise 18 March, 1997.
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