April 15, 1997
These three images of Comet Hale-Bopp were taken on the evening of April 14, 1997 starting at
08:13 pm (00:13 UT on April 15, 1997). The images were taken with a Meade Pictor 416
attached to a Meade 10" LX200 F/6.3 telescope. Each image was a two second exposure. The
images were corrected with a dark frame and flat field. An unsharp mask was applied and the
result linearly stretched.