Comet Hale-Bopp - Deep Sky Videos

[@bimblinghill]

I will never forget the beauty of Hale Bopp as long as I live. Two memories that make me misty-eyed: gazing at it from a balcony in France sipping wine with friends on my first independent trip abroad, then a week later when my mum collected me from the station, we stopped the car in the countryside and shared a moment of wonder together. I hope everyone on here too young to have seen it gets a chance at another one day.

[@DellHell1]

I remember telling my brother in law about Hale-Bopp and he said “ha you can never see those things” I said come with me. We had a perfect view from his front yard. The whole family followed us outside and were awed by the sight.

[@Rubrickety]

That reveal of Dr. Hawkes at 2:15 is delightful. 😊

[@wouldntyaliktono]

I was living in Flagstaff AZ when Hale-Bopp came through and have vivid memories of it in the twilight sky. It's an interesting town because it's 2100 meters above sea level, and great for stargazing. It's also, coincidentally, where Lowell first discovered Pluto with his telescope on the hill above town.

[@Ice_Karma]

I got to see Halley's Comet through the telescope in the University of Prince Edward Island's observatory in 1986, and with some luck, I'll get to see it again in 2061! Unfortunately I lived in the southern hemisphere for Hale-Bopp's 1997 visit, from where, if I recall correctly, it was more or less not visible.

[@Chlorate299]

I would have been 7 at the time, but I still remember Hale-Bopp. It feels like a great privilege to have been alive to witness such a rare and spectacular astronomical event with my naked eyes.

[@zamuzz]

Me too, it was -97 and I was 7 living north Finland. I remember it so clearly dominating the night sky together with the moon

[@Sinnistering]

Shoemaker Levy 9!! I remember seeing videos of that as a kid and being so incredibly awed by it. So many aspects of it, the orbiter to see it, the fact it was a comet IMPACTING and not just going by, the fact that we were able to see the impact in effectively real time, the fact that it left obvious scars on Jupiter. One of my favorite astronomy moments, and I wish I was around earlier to see it in its time.

[@TusharKelshikar]

I remember watching the comet Hale-Bopp in the night sky from Pune, India. I was in secondary school and was taking an introductory course in Astronomy.

[@MK-je7kz]

I have very similar experiences. We talked about Halley in the school and then nothing came off it. Hale-Bopp I saw when I was in the military service. We walked all night in the forest. It was cold night so the sky was clear. HB was clear in the sky. I also saw an aurora for the first and only time. It's quite rare to see auroras so south. There were also shooting stars and a full moon. So proper show

[@pdc023]

We've missed you, Dr. Gray. Good to see you again.

[@DeepSkyVideos]

Prof Gray has done the last three Deep Sky Videos - hope you have notifications on for us! 🔔

[@scoutisabelle]

I remember taking my telescope camping so I could see Hale-Bopp in dark skies. It was so cool. That and Comet Hayakutake were so memorable.

[@nicholashylton6857]

They were mind-blowing! Two Great Comets in as many years.

[@keeplookingup911]

It was year 1998 i saw Hale-Blopp. It was visible to the naked eye during evening. Not seen any comet of that magnitude ever since. 😢

[@litigioussociety4249]

What I remember about Hale-Bopp was being able to see it when the sun was just below the horizon, because it was as bright as the moon. Then at night in a clear area where you could see The Milky Way, its tail stretched clear across the sky like a second Milky Way arm.

[@silmarian]

My partner and I stepped out of our first apartment to look down the street at it many a night. I still remember it over the trees that lined the street.

[@MichaelDonlinAwesome]

The Hale-Bopp winter college experience is a great memory as well for me. Middle MN, USA. Would race home to sit in the snow to look at it over the frozen pond. Huge. Awesome.

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

I remember seeing this magnificent comet in the sky for months over Bedfordshire in 1997! I was 24 at the time, and it was a privilege to be present at that moment in the life of the solar system. I wonder what the next set of living humans will think when they witness its next passing and look back at our records from 1996/97?

[@arcanics1971]

I remember it being low in the sky, every clear night but high enough to view without seeking high ground. And it was as fascinating every night to me. I got very frustrated that so many of the people I knew seemed to get used to it, whereas I was constantly awed by its beauty. My son was a baby and I was quite upset that he wouldn't remember it when he was older.

[@ibizenco]

I too remember seeing Hale-Bopp. And later Hyakutake.

[@adfaklsdjf]

Thank you Dr Gray for getting a philosophical at the end there :)

[@rhoddryice5412]

Nice to have Professor Gray back on again.

[@AGreatDomain]

This rekindled such great memories of the two comets in those years, and the special times at Mt A. Thanks for an interesting and informative and super engaging video!

[@Richardincancale]

I remember it well! Only comet I ever saw. My friends and I were working on a project to put fibre optics in the sewers of Paris and we took an evening to go to the roof gallery of the tallest building in Paris - Tour Montparnasse and we had a good view, despite the city lights.

[@michaelniederer2831]

Always a pleasure! Thanks for this series.

[@leegosling]

I was living in the Lakes working as an outdoor instructor and also a member of an MR Team… so I was out in dark skies pretty much every night… wonderful days and months.

[@georgew.5639]

I got to see comet Hale Bopp from a small aircraft. We ascended to nearly 10000 ft asl to get above any haze. And flew over an area with less light pollution. And we got a spectacular view of the comet. I will never forget it.

[@leck4emba]

My mom, 94 year old grandmother and I (staff at her nursing home agreed to let us take her) went to the North of Grand Manan and watched Halle-Boo over the Bay of Fundy. Such a wonderful experience. Nana lived to 101 and was always keen on new experiences. She wondered if the comet if the next time it appears it would be visible from heaven!

[@GooberFace32]

I was going to college in upstate New York in 1997; it was so cool to see this comet every night walking around campus with friends. Knowing that it won’t be back for another 2,000+ years, I feel fortunate!

[@ziggyfrnds]

Yayy! you're back! I remember hale-bopp too, I was 14 but I remember reading about it and then going to my roof and finding it quite easily. And even though I lived in a big polluted city it was still a great sight

[@aureaphilos]

I actually have 2 connections to this video! 1) We had fabulous views of Hale-Bopp from the top of the hill behind us; my 1 year old daughter loved seeing it in the Sky, and "Bopp" was one of her early words! 2) I've been to Sackville, New Brunswick, and visited the Radio Canada International shortwave broadcast facility there. How cool.

[@alre9766]

I remember it vividly, I was a teen and fascinated by it. It was an astonishing show. The size of the tail was enormous. Several times the size of the full moon. I recently discussed about it with friends, and I was very surprised to be the only one to remember it.

[@FarnhamTheDrunk1]

7 months since the last upload :(

[@Pinkfongfan24]

More videos plz. ❤ miss this channel so much. Need more content! 😢

[@darkguardian1314]

The comet did set off some cults like the Heaven's Gate tragedy. Even in Modern times, celestial bodies can make humans do stupid things.

[@williamthomas1]

I remember looking at it on Christmas Eve. It was a clear cold night and the Comet was spectacular.

[@darkguardian1314]

This was THE comet to see. I was in San Diego and it was there like the moon...a fuzzy object and it was almost as big as the moon. I was in the US military and we would go out on night ops at Camp Pendleton near Oceanside, Calif. where it's pitch black and the comet was beautiful. Especially with night vision goggles. 😄 I hate to say people were getting used to the comet in the sky until it was gone. It made up for Hailey's Comet for sure. In my 60s, the odds of seeing another like it are very slim.

[@_rlb]

1:59 an object that hung around in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

[@SterremanWillie]

What a blast from the past! As you said, we in the southern hemisphere could only gasp at the pictures from the north. We only got a brief glimpse very near the horizon for a short time. Luckily McNaught, also known as the Great Comet of 2007, made up for this. One of my first articles in a journal was on Hale-Bobb, so a special memory!

[@Ammo08]

I was stationed in North Texas when it made it's first appearance. I drove home to Missouri at night and I could see it all night long off to my left. My dad passed away, at 96 years old, during this time and remember it high in the sky the night of his wake.

[@lohikarhu734]

I drove about 150 km from Vancouver, almost to Hope, to photograph Hale-Bopp, mounting a Pentax 6 x 7, 400 ISO film, 165 mm f2.8 lens, mounted on a self-made "barn door tracker", with pivoting adjustment screw, running on a ball bearing point, and aimed with the scope from my rifle, which allowed me to get a good approximation of the offset of the pole star...I think I spent about a week on the mount👍 And, just the tiniest elliptical smear on the several thousand stars... Ended up with a beautiful shot, both "tails" clearly visible.. Thanks for the reminder of that experience!

[@nocturnalmayhem0]

i remember seeing this comet and it was so awesome. blew my mind seeing it at dusk

[@lucidmoses]

Well. She's been doing these videos for over ten years. Your doing something right to have so many 'guest presenters' for that long.

[@klxzz]

I remember this so distinctly, I was 7/8 at the time. I grew up in southern Michigan on 10 acres, in the countryside where we had NO light pollution. And our closet neighbors were like 1/4 mile away. Coupled with the normally clear night skies of Michigan. I just remember that it was around for so long. It was especially astounding during the crisp winter nights. It was like, every time I was outside, I looked overhead and there it was. Mind you -- I thought it was Halley's Comet, because that's what we were briefly taught about in school 😅 It's a such wonderful memory - one that I wish I could re-live. I know for a fact that it was one of the many reasons why I still have a great passion for astronomy.

[@andywalkerchannel]

This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much!

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Hale-Bopp and Hyukatake were more than just sights ... they were _presences_ in the sky. NEOWISE in early July 2020 was an amazing sight too.

[@petercollin5670]

I have a memory of the winter before Hale-Bopp arrived. A friend and I were outside at night, looking up at the night sky, and we saw an unusual object. It was a star surrounded by a tadpole-shaped haze. It wasn't obvious, but the more you studied it, the more you thought it looked like a comet. Neither of us had heard anything about a comet on the news or in the papers. Later on, I saw a report that it was indeed a comet we saw. Want to say it had a long japanese sounding name, but I could be wrong. The next year Hale-Bopp showed up and nobody remembers the one from the year before. I tried googling it without luck. Does anybody else remember that? It was just fun noticing an actual comet without anybody bringing it up beforehand.

[@LanceBeckman]

Hayakutake

[@little_forest]

The actually surprising thing about Hale-Bopp was that it was the second big comet in a very short time span. Hyakutake was basically just one or two years earlier and both comets were considered events that in average happen every 20 years.

[@DavidBeddard]

I was approaching my 6th birthday when Hale-Bopp appeared. I remember the fuss about it, but I don't remember the comet itself. I think I saw it, but I can't bring the memory to mind. 😞 I was very glad when NEOWISE came in 2020.

[@TheDannyHamilton]

What is it's distance at aphelion? Will it get farther away than Voyager?

[@carschmn]

10:40 it makes me feel special that I got to see it 🤷‍♂️

[@n1k0n_]

More deep sky Brady! Been here since day one! ❤❤❤❤

[@zapfanzapfan]

So, last time it passed by the pyramids were being built? Any Egyptian records of comets? I too remember trying to see Halley's comet as a kid and never seeing anything. Hale-Bopp hung out in the night skies when I got off the buss from university in the evenings. Spectacular, should have payed more attention to it.

[@chrism3784]

I remember seeing that comet. Was amazing. Wonder if there is a comet on it way similar that has not been discovered yet that we will see in the next few decades, or years

[@benloud8740]

Professor Gray is my favourite science communicator

[@jupamoers]

I remember it still. I just turned 11 years old and I looked up the sky at night and I wondered what that was...I looked at it every night. It was so stunning. Halley's Comet came when I was born. I'm a star child 😅

[@wati52]

Meghan is always great to listen to.

[@jakkun84]

Good to się you back

[@sandman2898]

I was 11 years old I remember we could see it kind of even during the day during recess but my mom would take me outside at night and sit in the back yard on a beautiful 60 degree night...that was a super cool experience especially for a kid

[@reteipdevries]

10:44 ???Halley is appearing every 75-79 years. The average age for humans or a little less. Yes I've seen Halley and indeed Hale-Bopp. I feel privileged to have seen them both. Ánd hearing The Beatles in 1962 and...

[@elir.torres8642]

I remember Halley in 1986 in Puerto Rico and again when I lived with my dad in 1997 I also saw Hale-Bopp it lasted 16-18 months depending on what part of the planet you were in Puerto Rico you could see it every night up and realnclose and clear until it fades in late 1997.

[@SuperNova-py1ec]

I remember seeing the comet for weeks. I wasn’t that interested in astronomy at the time but definitely impressed me. I am Suprised that after 28 of so years it ‘only’ travelled 40AU.

[@kylesargert3336]

I remember this I was 10 and lived in Idaho. I also went to Cabo in Mexico it was amazing!

[@OnkelPeters]

The only comet I remember seing. Third grade - one of the reasons for my interest in the night sky.

[@digitalworms]

I was 14 when hale bopp was visible! We was visiting my family in Arkansas from California and it was such a site! It seemed so close close that greenish blue tail was so long looking and amazing!

[@ericvilas]

I was too young (and not in the right location anyway) to actually get to see Hale-Bopp, unfortunately. I wish I'd gotten to experience it. I still remember my experience seeing the 2007 comet McNaught, it was great.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I remember seeing Hale-Bopp. I think I even got a photograph of it just using a 35mm SLR camera.

[@cls9474]

Hale-Bopp and Shoemaker-Levy transcend the music of my teenage years Der Dritte Raum - Hale Bopp The Cure - Jupiter Crash And I'm pretty sure that Counting Crows' "Recovering the Satellites" album cover art was inspired by Hale-Bopp too even if the album has been released (october 1996) before Hale-Bopp reached its maximum brightness. The "Swing Bop" version is a treat too btw! :)

[@Jerre27]

Hale-Bopp was what pulled me into purchasing a telescope. Never stopped since then 🙂

[@kwanarchive]

That's a lot of telescopes.

[@Jerre27]

@@kwanarchive 5 in total 😇

[@Jack_Sparrow_1]

I remember watching the commet Hale-Bopp together with my dad ❤

[@charlievane]

if we keep tracking hale-bopp, could we detect nearby gravitational influences that we don't yet know about ?

[@KingoftheJuice18]

It hails from space and it's a real bop.

[@haraldclark6206]

Another brilliant video!

Hale-Bopp appeared shortly after the amateur astronomers club I used to be a member in stopped to exist and before the Internet, so I totally missed it... and I am still sad about that

[@pjssjr]

I was in Philadelphia visiting ANSP, and I could see it from the window of the bed & breakfast I was staying.

[@timjones6255]

So would it now travel to 1,000-1,500 AU before turning back, and much sooner than before due to Jupiter?

[@dMb1790]

Where can I find that awesome solar system simulator?

[@pavankumargautam5067]

I too have seen this celestial visitor...the only comet which was cleary visible from the naked eyes and it lasted for several days.....I was 12 that time....but i was very curious about mysteries of the universe ❤❤❤

[@matthewmcgee]

I remember watching Hale-Bop while on a frigate in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. A darkened ship and no light pollution!

[@Daniel-yy5tx]

I was disappointed by both Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Hale-Bopp because nobody explained to me, at six and nine years old respectively, that the photos of comets in science books are greatly zoomed in and enhanced, so when I looked through a telescope at Jupiter and saw just a few small dots and my dad showed me Hale-Bopp in admittedly subpar, light-polluted skies, I couldn't see what all the fuss was about. Now, though, if we ever get another Great Comet in my lifetime, I'll be sure to head to super dark skies in order to properly appreciate it. I missed out, and I won't let another opportunity pass by if it comes.

[@DEVUNK88]

I 8 years old...I remember it was something everyone was talking about, I may have seen it

[@kamilkardel2792]

That was the only time I could see a comet.

[@droppedpasta]

Hale-Bopp is the only comet I’ve ever been able to see

[@Rikmenda]

I saw it too, it took like some time , two tails, super cool.

[@pjbth]

Wait you went to Mount Allison??? Nobody on the internet went there me too!!!!

[@ShaniaSuperFan]

I remember when the UFO accompanying Hale-Bopp beamed up those Heaven's Gate members....

[@kirkmattoon2594]

Me too. In fact I was a little surprised that weird, useless tragedy got no mention in the video.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@kirkmattoon2594 Why mention a useless tragedy?

[@v0ldy54]

I was 4, I remembered seeing it in the sky when when going out of my home!

[@jursamaj]

In '97, I was married & working nights. I don't remember seeing Hale-Bopp at all. :(

[@Jesusisyhwh]

That was the first time I was able to see a comet! It was amazing and I thank the Lord Jesus for it! It definitely fed my love for astronomy.

[@pauljonesdemos]

I remember this. It wasn’t like you needed binoculars or a telescope, or even dark skies! You couldn’t miss it! ☄️

[@edward_dantonio]

That would be a dream to image that comet.

[@Elena-gs2bv]

Excellent❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@samdavis6445]

Bring on the next great comet to the Northern Hemisphere, it's overdue.

[@uMADden]

Guys remember March 13, 1997, the alien spacecraft in Phoenix AZ, heavens Gate, the coincidence

[@marksusskind1260]

Thanks! but there's nothing neater than Messier Objects.

[@davidmerlino2193]

I saw it I 1997

[@Geomasterthesecond]

38 people gone

[@TheInselaffen]

Hale-Bopp bopp baw-ooh...

[@IamRasheed]

There's nothing wrong with philosophizing. Science branched off from philosophy. Most science starts with a question, which is based on thinking about the world around us.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Wrong. Science is the objective physical study of nature.

[@stefanschneider3681]

Just like Neowise, just hanging up there easily visible for the naked eyes for weeks 🤩🤩

[@alnilam2151]

It looked like an \AbsoluteMonster/ even if, slightly lightpolluted skies over *GalwayBay & often so wondered how: VeryThankfully, it did not + was not caught in Earths' Gravity/Magnetic field! It was HUGE, the Monster that was, "HaleBopp"; then I wondered afew years later, could it have been smashed up too become; what then became a crashing and smashing *JupiterLevy, another spectacular bullet dodged... {\}

[@oceanlawnlove8109]

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