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About Comet Hale-Bopp
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It was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp on 1995 July 23 as diffuse object with
condensation. At the time of discovery, the comet was at mag. ~10.5, although still outside
the Jupiter orbit, 6.7 a.u. from the Sun. This suggested an absolute magnitude of -1.6 which
is about 1000 times brighter than comet Halley. Around the time of perihelion passage
(1997 April 1), comet Hale-Bopp was bright naked-eye object, shining around magnitude -1.
Conspicious dust and gas tails (both about 20 degrees long) were seen with naked-eye from
dark sky locations.
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 Comet Hale-Bopp Observing Team
Slovenian Hale-Bopp Observational Campaign
Astronomy Picture of the Day (February 12, 1997)
Vidnost kometa iz Slovenije - written in Slovene
Comet Pages Available on CD-ROM
Information about copyrights.
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Hale-Bopp CCD Images
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April 1997
March 1997, 9-31
March 1997, 1-8
February 1997, 10-28
February 1997, 1-10
January 1997
November and December 1996
September and October 1996
July and August 1996
June 1996
July 1995 - May 1996
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Hale-Bopp Color Gallery - finest true colour images
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May 1997
April 1997
March 1997
January-February 1997
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Hale-Bopp Observations
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September 1996 - May 1997
March - August 1996
Results of CCD V Photometry
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Ephemeris for comet Hale-Bopp (1995 O1)
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December 1996 - May 1997
June - November 1996
March - May 1996
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