Comet Hale-Bopp

Date: 1997 Apr 06 - 18:48 UT
Location: 's-Gravenwezel, Belgium
Camera: Pixcel 255 CCD camera with C8 telescope at F/6.3.
Image: Total exposure 4 sec, log scaled, field of view 6.0 x 3.0 arcmin.
Comments: Left image clearly shows 3 layers of dustshells around the nucleus.
Right image is the same image, unsharp masked to enhance the dustshells.