C/1995 O1 _ Hale Bopp (Didier FOURNIL)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Lacerta (Lac) · Contains: Solar system body or event

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Hale-Bopp was an unusually bright comet that flew by Earth, reaching its closest approach to the planet in 1997. It was most spectacular in the Northern Hemisphere and visible to the naked eye for about 18 months.

This photo was taken on February 15, while Hall Bopp is still approaching the Sun, and is about to pass behind the solar star. Then, its magnitude is of the order of Mag. - 2. The Comet already deploys a pair of growing tails: a blue gas tail, directly opposite the Sun, and a yellowish dust tail curving along its orbit

Passing through the perihelion on April 1, 1997, the comet became brighter than any star in the sky, except Sirius, and its dust tail stretched across the sky on 40 to 45 degrees of arc.

Hale-Bopp was probably one of the most viewed comets in history.

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Special Shooting Circumstances:

Photo taken unexpectedly during a winter sports stay at "Valmorel - Les Avanchers", France. Without any tripod, the photo case (film) was simply placed on an improvised support. The photo is very perfectible, but it has the merit of giving an idea of the exeptional brightness of this comet...

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