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Comet (Comet , est. mag 1.3, est. to be in Vulpecula)
Observer: Chuck Musante (e-mail: musante@ecs.umass.edu)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Feb 16 09:30:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 71
I observed Hale_Bopp from my yard. Naked eye limiting magnitude was approximately 5.2. The comet's nucleus continues to show activity, with a large fountain of material emanating from the south/southwest side. A distinctive curl in this fountain was noticed about one third of the way from the pseudonucleus to the "end" of the fountain. I also observed what appeared to be two knots of material in the fountain. The pseudonucleus appeared to have a greenish tint to it. Tail length appeared to be about 6 degrees.
Other (Other , est. mag 1.5, est. to be in Vulpecula)
Observer: Chuck Musante (e-mail: musante@ecs.umass.edu)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Feb 13 10:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 69
Observed Comet Hale-Bopp through the best skies yet this year (from my location). The tail was approximately 6 degrees long, with the shadow of the nucleus clearly visible. This comet just keeps getting better looking every day.
Comet (Comet , est. mag 2.8, est. to be in Sagitta)
Observer: Chuck Musante (e-mail: musante@ecs.umass.edu)
Instrument: 12.5-inch dobsonian reflector Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Feb 4 10:30:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 58
Comet Hale-Bopp's pseudonucleus exhibited a fountain emanating from the eastern side. This fountain was spraying material radially outwards to the coma where it subsequently merged with the material being pushed back into the tail. Observations were made at 80X, 123X, and 200X.
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