This fantastic photo of Hale-Bopp was taken by Philip Neidlinger in Clyo, Georgia on March 27, 1997 after sunset. He used an Olympus OM-2 35mm camera with a 50mm lens at f/2 with Fugi 1600G film. Exposure time was 1 minute piggybacked on a Celestar 8 (with drive on.)
 
 
 

Comet Hale-Bopp taken by Bob Shetlar of Statesboro in mid-March, 1997. Notice the beautiful blue long ion tail to the left and the white dust tail on the right. Spectacular!!You can even see where an airplane went by to the upper left of the tree on the right.
 
 

This beautiful partial lunar eclipse photo was taken by Gil Riggs on March 23, 1997 at our star party off Akins Pond Rd. in Statesboro.
 
 
 
 

Becky Lowder was so lucky to have the perfect predawn view of Comet Hale-Bopp every clear morning in Statesboro! She took this photo with Kodak Gold 400 and a 50 mm lens at f/2 for ~30 seconds on ~March 10, 1997.
 
 
 

This breathtaking photo of Comet Hale-Bopp was taken on March 17, 1997 by Topi Tuomi of Savannah at the Tybee Lighthouse before dawn. Be sure to visit his Backyard Astronomy webpage.
 
 
 

Comet Hale-Bopp from Becky Lowder's backyard in mid-March, 1997 around 5:30 am. Her first photo where the blue ion tail showed up! Taken with a 50 mm lens with Kodak Gold 400 at f/2 for ~40 sec.
 

This was taken on April 2, 1997, one day after perihelion, off Akins Pond Rd. in Statesboro by Becky Lowder.  She used a 50 mm lens at f/2.8 for ~ 35 seconds using Kodak Gold 400. Look at all those stars once you get away from all the city lights! It was a beautiful night for a beautiful comet!!
 

Farewell to Comet Hale-Bopp! Taken on May 8, 1997 after sunset off Akins Pond Road in Statesboro, Georgia by Becky Lowder. There was a beautiful crescent moon to the lower left of the comet. She used Kodak 400 ASA with a 50 mm lens for 10 seconds at f/2. Hale-Bopp was just barely visible that night.