Skies of Bridgeport

Comet Hale-Bopp

Images of comet Hale-Bopp from my backyard. Close-up: in the evening; with trees: several weeks earlier, in the morning (the line is an aircraft).

For comet updates, see: Sky & Telescope's Comet Page

Solar Astronomy Resources

• The Space Environment Lab is thesite for space weather information and links. They also broadcast limited data at 18 minutesafter the hour on WWV, the National Bureau of Standards stations, at 2.5, 5,10, 15, and 20 Mhz. shortwave.
• The National Solar Astronomy Observatory in theSacramento Mountains of New Mexico (great skies) does dailysolar monitoring. (go to the pub directory when you get there.) Daily Hydrogen alpha and Calcium K images are available.

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