Comets
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Comet Hyakutake, 1996
This is a photo of Comet Hyakutake, taken from my backyard in State
College, PA on March 26, 1996 at about 21:30 EST. It was cold (less than
20 deg F) and very clear that night. The camera was positioned to point
NNW. I used a Ricoh camera with a 50mm lens open at f2. The exposure time
was about 3 minutes. The film was Kodak Royal Gold 400 ASA. It was pushed
two stops in the development process. The image was scanned off of a matte
print. The orange streak is lens flare, probably from some neighborhood
lights.
This is another photo of Comet Hyakutake, taken from my backyard
in State College, PA on March 27, 1996. I was using the same camera setup
with Fuji 800 film here, pushed 1 stop.
Comet Hale-Bopp, 1997
This is a photo of Comet Hale-Bopp, taken from my backyard in State College,
PA on March 11, 1997 at about 5:15 EST. It was a cold (high 30s F) and
clear morning. The camera was positioned to point NNE. I used my trusty
Ricoh camera with a 50mm lens open at f2. The exposure time was about 20
to 30 seconds. The film was Kodak Royal Gold 400 ASA. It was pushed two
stops in the development process. The image was scanned off of a glossy
print.
These are two more photos of Comet Hale-Bopp, taken from my backyard in
State College, PA on March 23, 1997 at about 5:00 EST. It was a very cold
(mid 20s F) and clear morning. The camera was positioned to point NNE.
I used a Ricoh camera with a 50mm lens open at f2. The exposure time was
about 15 to 20 seconds. The film was Fuji 800 ASA. It was pushed one stop
in the development process. The images were scanned off of glossy prints.
Here are two more photos of Comet Hale-Bopp, taken from the Penn State
Blue Golf Course, State College, PA on March 27, 1997 at about 8:30 EST.
It was a very mild (mid 60s F) and clear evening. The camera was positioned
to point NNW. The first photo was taken with Fuji 1600 film with
an exposure time of about 8 seconds. The second was taken with Fuji 800
film with an exposure time of about 15 to 20 seconds. It was pushed one
stop in the development process. The images were scanned off of glossy
prints.
Here is another photo of Comet Hale-Bopp, taken from the Penn State Blue
Golf Course, State College, PA on March 28, 1997 at about 8:30 EST. It
was a mild (high 50s F) and clear evening. The camera was positioned to
point NNW. The photo was taken with Fuji 800 film with an exposure
time of about 15 to 20 seconds. It was pushed one stop in the development
process. The photo clearly shows an alien spacecraft in the tail of the
comet (faint dashed line) and the large red plasma wake of a USAF Extirpator
photon-impulse interceptor space-plane.The image was scanned off of a glossy
print.
Here is another photo of Comet Hale-Bopp, taken from the Penn State Blue
Golf Course, State College, PA on April 1, 1997 at about 8:30 EST. It was
a colder (high 40s F) and clear evening. The camera was positioned to point
NNW. The photo was taken with Fuji 800 film with an exposure time
of about 15 to 20 seconds. It was pushed one stop in the development process.
The image was scanned off of a glossy print.
Here are my last three photos of Comet Hale-Bopp, taken from the my back
yard in State College, PA on April 2, 1997 at about 8:30 EST. It was a
mild (lo 60s F) and clear evening. The camera was positioned to point NNW.
The photos were taken with Fuji 800 film with an exposure time of about
15 to 20 seconds. They were pushed one stop in the development process.
The images were scanned off of glossy prints. The first photo was a little
experiment. I took a flash photo of my son on a swing, then immediately
focused on infinity for the remainder of the 12 second exposure.
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