Click to enlarge.Hale-Bopp
Hale-Bopp was certainly a glorious event for all amateur astronomers. With just a 20-year-old Canon AE-1 and a 50mm lense, I was able to get some fantastic shots. Please note that I saved these in JPEG format at 50% quality in order to keep each image under 100kb to download. Higher quality images are available.
My pride and joy. Hale-Bopp over the family home in Goose Valley, Blairsville, Georgia:
A guided-shot (Canon AE-1 sitting on top of a Meade LX-50) of Hale-Bopp:
A guided-shot of Hale-Bopp at a later date closer to dusk:
CCD Cometary Images
As the opportunity arises, I will take images of comets with my CCD camera.
Comet Tempel 2:
Comet Tempel 2, August 9th, 1999. 30-second HX516 CCD image, 12" LX-200 @f/6.3 while comet was in the constellation Ophiuchus.
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