DAVE SCHMAHL


CONTENTS

  1. Ikeya Zhang, 2002
  2. Hale Bopp, 1997
  3. Hyakutake, 1996

Comet Ikeya Zhang (March 2002)

2002 March 30

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200-mm Lens


135-mm lens


50-mm lens (labeled)


50-mm lens (unlabeled)

Comet Hale Bopp (March 1997)

Location: Julian, CA. An old gold mining town 5 miles east of Palomar mountain, now known for its apple pie.
50mm lens at f2.8, 1000 Kodak Gold, 20 sec exposure, unguided.
Note the clothes hanging on the line, and the campfire. The North American Nebula is above and to the left of the comet. This photo of comet Hale-Bopp was taken Sun, March 2, at about 4:30 AM looking East using ISO 1000 film, 20sec exposure and 50mm lens. The comet was in Northern Libra.
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This photo is a close-up of the same Julian image taken Sun, March 2, at about 4:30 AM.

Another photo from Julian

From the town of Julian, again

 

Observer: Dave Schmahl
Date: Friday, March 28rd, 1997
Time: 8:00PM
Location: Mount Laguna Observatory, San Diego, CA
50mm lens at f2.8, 400 Kodak Gold, 4 min exposure, piggybacked on a motor guided C80 refractor.
The blue ion tail shows its structure in this image. Take special note of the Andromeda Galaxy in the lower part of the image.

 

Observer: Dave Schmahl
Date: Sunday, March 23rd, 1997
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Mount Laguna Observatory, San Diego, CA
50mm lens at f2.8, 1000 Kodak Gold, 20 sec exposure, unguided.
The comet showed itself between the trees that surround the observatory.

Observer: Dave Schmahl
Date: Friday, March 28rd, 1997
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Mount Laguna Observatory, East San Diego County, CA
930mm lens, 400 Kodak Gold, 2.5 min exposure, guided.

This was my first attempt at guiding my C80 refractor with the camera attached to the eyepiece holder. Due to poor polar alignment and a weakening 9 volt battery powering the drive motor, the stars appear as "L"s instead of points.

Dave's Hyakutake Pictures