Comet Hale-Bopp nucleus
Comet Hale-Bopp nucleus
Imager:  John Laborde

Imaged Date: 

 

9/13/1996

Object Information:

 



I recently reprocessed an old set of images of the core of comet Hale Bopp. The image is a composite of 10 short exposures ranging from 120 sec to 15 sec. You can clearly see the pinwheel of gasses expelled by the nucleus as it rotates.

Imaged at: 

 

TDS

Equipment:

 

Optics - 22" RC
Camera - Nikon

Exposure Information:

 

120,90, 60, ,50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 20,15 seconds









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