Title:[4050] Hubble Space Telescope images of Comet Hale-Bopp Caption:The images were taken on 26 September 1995. At the time of these images the comet was passing near the galactic plane in the constellation Sagittarius. The image to the left is 51 arcsec on each side. The magnified view to the right shows more detail in the inner coma. There is a "clump" of material about 1.4 arcsec directly above the nucleus. Probably this material is the remnant of a piece of the nucleus that was ejected about 60 hours before this image was taken. Copyright: Credit:NASA, Space Telescope Science Institute

Title:[4048] A Fisheye View of Comet Hale-Bopp Caption:Because the picture was taken with a fisheye lens (after sunset on April 4th, 1997), much of the whole night sky is visible. Comet Hale-Bopp, with both tails blazing, appears right of center. The brightest star is Sirius near the edge, well to the left of the constellation Orion. The red star above the belt of Orion is Betelgeuse, while the red star near the center is Aldebaran, just to the left of the bright Pleaides star cluster. Even the planet Mercury appears just over the horizon. Copyright: Credit: J. C. Casado

Title:[4051] Hale-Bopp from Indian Cove Caption:In the photograph taken April 5th, 1997, Comet Hale-Bopp was imaged from the Indian Cove Campground in the Joshua Tree National Forest in California, USA. A flashlight was used to momentarily illuminate foreground rocks in this 30 second exposure. Copyright: Credit:W. Pacholka

Title:[4052] Comet Hale-Bopp tails Caption:The picture of the comet with its delightful tails was taken March 16, 1997. With an anggular extend of plasma tail of 20o, true length of the tail is 148 million km, or almost 1 AU. Copyright: Credit:A. Dimai and D. Ghirardo, (Col Druscie Obs.), AAC

Title:[4049] A Dust Jet From Hale-Bopp Caption:Astronomers using a 2.2 meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory in May, 1996, were able to detect an enormous jet of dust extending northward (up) from the nuclear region as seen in this false color image. Dust jets may arise from vents on the surface of the nucleus. Estimates of the size of Hale-Bopp's nucleus have indicated that it could be as large as 40 kilometers (24 miles) in diameter -- several times larger than comet Halley's. Copyright: Credit:European Southern Observatory

Title:[4053] Hale-Bopp in Puppis near NGC 2467 Caption:The picture was taken on September 6, 1997, 159 days since perihelion. The next perihelion passage will take place some 2380 years from now, in the late 44th century. Copyright: Credit:David Jones, Jondaryn, Queensland, Australia