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Session 5 - Solar System Objects.
Display session, Monday, June 09
South Main Hall,
A wide field spectral imaging telescope was used to record spectra of Comet Hale-Bopp from July 1996 through May 1997. The instrument has a spectral resolution of 4 Å\/ covering 4500-8500 ÅThe angular resolution of 11^\prime\prime provides a field of view of approximately 3^\circ. Preliminary analyses of the spectra show the development and spatial extent of neutral and ionized gases in the coma and ion tail.
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