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Article: <MPG.d94670ace94e7f0989680@news.deltanet.com>
From: sipe@sipe.com (Russell Sipe)
Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.hale.bopp,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
Subject: Has HB Nucleus Split Into Six Fragments?
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 07:58:43 -0800
Organization: Sipe Electronic Publishing
For several weeks now I have read reports of visual observations of Comet Hale-Bopp appearing to have a split nucleus. I have also read explantions suggesting there is no photographic evidence of the split and speculation that the visual observations of a supposed split or pseudo-nucleus was actually part of the jet plume activity. However www.halebopp.com has received a series of photos that would seem to support not only a split nucleus but a six-way split.
The photos and explanations can be found from a link at
http://www.halebopp.com/z06mag.htm
Warning: one possible explanation for these photos is that the apparent framents could have been created by the same CCD processing anomaly that created the Mysterious Eyes effect found in images from last July also found at www.halebopp.com
We have a discussion topic at www.halebopp.com to comment on the above images.
Russell Sipe
www.halebopp.com
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From: aja@shore.net (Andrew Applegate)
Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.hale.bopp,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
Subject: Re: Has HB Nucleus Split Into Six Fragments?
Date: 17 Mar 1997 03:54:08 GMT
Organization: Shore.Net/Eco Software, Inc; (info@shore.net)
Check out http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/raw/comet/halebopp.gif for a picture of a "split" nucleus taken by the Hubble Telescope. A thorough explanation is at http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/raw/comet/halebopp.txt.
Andy.
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Article: <halfmute-1803971338270001@cnc095041.concentric.net>
From: halfmute@concentric.net (William Burke)
Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.hale.bopp,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
Subject: Re: Has HB Nucleus Split Into Six Fragments?
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 13:38:27 -0500
Organization: mine
Well, it's odd you should mention that, but it's what *I* thought I saw the last time I could see the comet! It's been so cloudy in mornings and evenings here in central Virginia, I haven't see H-B for over a week, but the last time, through 10X binocs, I thought it looked like it had at least *2* nuclei! It really did look different from the comet I had seen before.... maybe we are in for a REAL show after April Foole's Day!!!
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