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Photographer:

Rod Pommier

Location of Photo:

Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA

Date/Time of photo:

March, 1997

Equipment:

Celestron Super C8 Plus on Byers drive, Celestron f/6.3 focal reducer/corrector, Leica R3 camera, Fuji 100 color film, multiple exposures from 1/2000 to 5 seconds.

Description:

I found this printed image of comet Hale-Bopp among my old film astrophotographs. Comet Hale-Bopp was dubbed the Great Comet of 1997. In this image, you can see the coma, the bright dust tail, the blue ion tail and some field stars. .

Website:

www.rodpommier.com

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