Comet Hale-Bopp

Comet Hale-Bopp, photographed from Henry Coe State Park, California by David Smith, March 1997.  This is about a 10-minute unguided exposure taken through a Celestron C-8 working at f/5 with a focal reducer.  Focal length is about 1000mm; film is Kodak Gold 400 35mm.  The tail's brightness didn't fall off that rapidly, but the focal reducer causes vignetting.

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