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Photos by Pierre Kerr

Lunar Eclipse Jan 20, 2000

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These pictures were taken with an 8mm camcorder and then electronic snapshots made with a Snappy video capture device.  The Moon was quite red once it was in the total eclipse phase, but unfortunatly, a 3 lux camera is not sensitive enough.

 


These were all taken just west of Ottawa, Canada


Comet Hale-Bopp

Click on the small pictures to see a larger version.

Photo of Hale-Bopp This photo was taken with a 135mm F2.8 lens. Exposure was 30 seconds. The glow from Ottawa is to the right.

Hale-Bopp at Britania
Park This photo was taken at Britania Beach on the shores of the Ottawa River. I was actually in the parking lot since the park still had deep snow. You can see street lights but the comet is still bright. This was taken with a 50 mm 1.4 lens with exposure of 20 seconds on Kodak 1600 asa colour print film. I only have a black and white scanner. The image was blown up and cropped electronically.

Hale-Bopp photo 1600 asa Hale-Bopp taken with a 135mm f2.8 lens at 30 seconds.

Hale-Bopp photo - Reflection This is my favourite Hale-Bopp picture. I stood on top of a snow bank and saw it's reflection in a pond. And, this was the 37th frame on a 36 exposure film. Almost missed this one. (Scanned in colour...Thanks Mo)

Hale-Bopp below the clouds Another near miss. The sky was cloudy and a group of us were just about to give up when the clouds lifted like a curtain. Beautiful!

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