Brenda Matthews' Astro Photos

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BIMA at the Hat Creek Observatory

Hawaii's Mauna Kea Observatory

Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Penticton, British Columbia

Owen's Valley Radio Observatory, California

Green Bank Telescope,West Virginia


Astronomical Objects

In 1995, while I was in Calgary, a group of us managed to take some slides of the nucleus of Comet Hyakatake using an 8" celestron mounted on a 1.8 m telescope which we used for guiding. The larger telescope allowed us to guide on the comet. The photos of Hale-Bopp were taken on or near perihelion (1997) from the Niagra Escarpment near Hamilton, ON. Luckily, I was also traveling to Hawaii on an observing run in early May, so was able to get some last photos of the comet before it disappeared to the Southern Hemisphere.

Comet Hyakatake from north of Calgary Comet Hale-Bopp nine days before perihelion Hale-Bopp at perihelion on April 1, 1997 Hale-Bopp at perihelion on April 1, 1997 Hale-Bopp one month after perihelion from Hawaii with Orion.
Below are other astronomical photos with brief descriptions.

Orion down Dundas country road (April 1, 1997)

Setting moon from Mauna Kea Big Dipper from Mauna Kea, Hawaii (May 4, 1997) Orion from Hawaii
Last updated: October 2, 2002