IMAGES FROM GRANGE OBS.

Images from Grange Observatory


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Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp photographed on the evening of 6/4/97 left with a 200 mm f/3.5 telephoto lens and right with a 50 mm f/2 piggyback the 0.3 m telescope of Grange Obs; both images have 5 minutes exposure on 1000 ISO color film.


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Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp imaged at dawn of Feb. 8, 1997 with 0.3 m telescope and CCD camera SXL8 (integration time 60 seconds).










The Orion nebula (M 42) as seen through the 0.3 m telescope with a 60 second exposure of CCD SXL8. Image taken in the early hours of Oct. 23, 1996.


M 8







The Lagoon nebula (M8) in Sagittarius obtained with the same instrument and exposure time as above in the evening of Jul. 26, 1997.


M 27







Dumbbell nebula (M 27) in Vulpecula registered with CCD SXL8 and 5 minutes exposure.


Hyakutake



Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake imaged on March 28, 1996 with CCD Electrim and a SRL camera lens of 50 mm f/2; integration time 90 seconds. Note the shape completely different from that of Hale-Bopp.


Orion 2


Field of Orion constellation star Zeta, with nebula NGC 2024 at its left and, nearly visible and arrowed, the "Horsehead" dark nebula below it. CCD Electrim with 200 mm f/3.5 telephoto lens, 3 minutes exposure on Dec. 15, 1996.


asteroid  1980 PA






The magn. 13 asteroid (3908) 1980 PA has left a clear trail on the image taken in Oct. 18, 1996 with the 0.3 m telescope and CCD SXL8 (5 minutes exposure starting from 21:18:00 U.T.). Its distance from Earth at that time was only 0.068 A.U. (about 10 millions km, 30 times the Moon's distance).


Cigno


Star field on Cygnus constellation: visible on the right is the first magnitude star Deneb, and in his proximity the North America nebula (NGC 7000). 2 minutes exposure on ELECTRIM with a 50 mm f/2 lens.





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The solar eclipse of Oct. 12, 1996: image taken at 14:28 U.T. with a 400 mm f/7 telephoto lens and CCD Electrim (30 msec exposure). The eclipse percentage in diameter at that time was 0.52, as calculated with the above formula.



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