Scientists are tracking the evolution of comet Hale-Bopp, one of the brightest comets ever seen.

CLOUDCROFT, NEW MEXICO. July 23, 2005 marks the ten-year anniversary of the discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp, and co-discoverer Dr. Alan Hale is announcing plans for an event to celebrate the occasion ...

On March 22, 1997, a super bright comet by the name of Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth. It was bright enough for people to see without telescopes or binoculars for over 18 months ...

That meant Hale-Bopp was largely unaltered from the cloud of gas and dust the comet originally formed from, which is the same stuff our very solar system also originated from 4.5 billion years ago.

CLOUDCROFT, NEW MEXICO. Dr. Alan Hale, co-discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp which shone in our nighttime skies eight years ago, is announcing a fundraising campaign to help develop an astronomical ...

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Comets take the name of the discoverer, whether that be a human or an automated telescopic survey that robotically inspects the sky every night. For example, Comet Hale-Bopp is named for Alan Hale ...

Hale-Bopp, roughly three to four times bigger than Halley's comet, is one of the largest comets ever cataloged, with a tail estimated at 10-million to 20-million miles in length.

Alan Hale is credited with helping discover what is now known as the “Hale-Bopp” comet. Hale first spotted the comet that would come to bear his name from his home in Cloudcroft, New Mexico ...

For sky watchers the event of the year was clearly the arrival of comet Hale-Bopp, which burned bright in northwestern skies from late March through May. The biggest and brightest comet since the ...

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Its brightness magnitude is expected to be -16, with the Sun by comparison being -26. Comet Hale-Bopp, seen above, was magnitude -1 when it passed through our solar system in 1997.