Observations of Comet Hale-Bopp 4/3 97

1. 04:40:42 , exp. 3s , V

2. 04:49:35 , exp. 5s , V

3. 04:54:37 , exp. 5s , V

4. 04:58:29 , exp. 5s , V , The other fainter center is due to disturbance in the tracking caused by heavy wind

5. 05:02:44 , exp. 3s , V

6. 05:05:54 , exp. 3s , V

7. 05:08:40 , exp. 3s , V , again multiple 'centers' are seen - they are due to heavy wind shaking the telescope during exposure

8. 05:11:17 , exp. 2s , V

9. 05:14:54 , exp. 1.5s , V

10. 05:17:49 , exp. 1.5s , V

See also: http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/news38.html . The observations were made a 10" Meade Schmidt Cassegrain f:6.7 using a SBIG ST-6 CCD-camera.