Paul’s Astro Photos


Comet Hale-Bopp

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Image size approximately - 9 X 12 deg.
4/9/97, 21:24 PM EST
135mm f/2.8
10 minutes on Royal Gold 200
Middlebury, Vermont, USA

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Image size approximately - 1 x 1.5 deg
4/1/97, 7:41 PM EST
10” newtonian (1400 mm f.l. f/5.6)
5 minutes on Royal Gold 200 (tracked but unguided)
Middlebury, Vermont, USA

full-size image - There are some dust specks and film defects visible.
3 shells of dust spewed out by a geyser are visible (4 are visible on the original print)

The size of the original print was 12 X 19 min.
This image is approximately 5.5 X 5.5min. (0.1 X 0.1 deg)
4/10/97, 8:35 PM EST
10” newtonian (eyepiece projection - 6300 mm f.l. f/25)
1 minute on Royal Gold 200 (tracked but unguided)
Middlebury, Vermont, USA


Comet Hyakatake

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test img --->
3/27/96 2:26am EST
50 mm f/1.8, approx. area 27 X 41 deg
8 min on Ektachrome 400 (guided on comet head)
Middlebury, Vermont, USA

full-size image- Includes a meteor to the left of the head.
The comets head is next to Polaris and the tail goes into the Big Dipper.


3/27/96 3:22 AM EST
28 mm f/2.8, approx. area 49 X 74 deg
20 minutes on Ektachrome 400 (guided on comet head)
Middlebury, Vermont, USA


Aurora

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9/5/82
50 mm f/1.8, approx. area 27 X 41 deg
approx. 15 sec. on Kodachrome 64
Taken at the Barre-Montplier drive-in during a movie.
This is very close to the actual color and brightness of the display.
Middlebury, Vermont, USA