Object: comet Hale-Bopp
Date: 1997 Apr 02
Location: MIT campus
Observer(s):
Gang of Four
(Shaida Boroumand,
Steve Slivan,
Vanessa Thomas, and
Rosa Villastrigo)
Optics: 2000 mm, f/10 SCT, colorless filter
Detector: Lynxx MC CCD camera
Same image shown with three different
brightness/contrast settings.
Field is about 4 arcmin square;
original image is sum of 9 1-sec. exposures.