Comet Hale-Bopp
March 1997
10-Inch Newtonian Reflector
Magnification: 160x
FOV: 0.38º
White charcoal pencil sketch as following on black card stock. The three tails are visible: The anti-tail, the ion or gas tail and the dust tail are clearly visible. Roger Ivester (North Carolina)
The following sketch by Sue French: New York
Unfortunately, the sketch is actually larger than our scanner can copy, so some of the comet is cut off. The sketch was made on 4/2/1997. The tail was about 15° long to the naked eye. To get the tail and the core detail in the same sketch, I used three different instruments: 8×40 binoculars, a 90mm refractor, and a 6-inch reflector.
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