Helena Observatory,   North Alton, NS

Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale Bopp)

15-May-2026 09:10 ADT 15-May-2026 12:10 UTC

We are moving! In preparation for that, observations, both meteorological and astronomical, will be discontinued.
They will resume once we have settled in at the new location in Tupperville, likely in July.


Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale Bopp), 10-Apr-1997

Scope: 28mm lens, f/3.5
Mount: C-90 (piggyback)
Guiding: none
Imaging Camera: Pentax KX
ISO: 400 (film)
Frames: 1
Total Exposure: 2m30s
Processing: scanned from print, Photoshop
 
Of interest, left-to-right; Mir space station, crescent Moon, M45 Pleiades, aurora borealis, Comet Hale-Bopp, Algol (in comet's tail)