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It was a clear night on the first of April, 1997. Outside my window at home in Philadelphia was this apparition, a veritable Heaven's Gate. So, I got out my toys.

This includes a 60 millimeter 22 power (wide angle) Bushnel SpaceMaster scope, a Connectix Quick Cam, and a 33 MHz 386 PC running Linux. This provides 320 by 240 pixel images with 6 bits of gray. It is attached to the computer via the parallel port.

I'm using red text. It doesn't ruin your night vision.

Here it is.

Nice picture of comet Hale-Bopp

Hale-Bopp, 8:30 PM, April 1, 1997, Philadelphia, PA