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Hale-Bopp comet April 2 1997

by

J.Lodriguss/Novapix

Reference

a-com02-00003

Date

2006-08-21

Comet Hale-Bopp is seen here on April 2, 1997, one day after Perihelion. This is a wide angle shot with the Hyades on the far upper left, then the Pleaides, Perseus, Andromeda and Cassiopeia. Mercury is setting just over the mountains at lower left. Cassel Observatory, New Buffalo, PA, USA