The Extreme Activity in Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1): Investigations of Extensive, Narrowband Photoelectric Photometry

David G. Schleicher, Peter V. Birch, Tony L. Farnham +1

Conventional narrowband photoelectric photometry of Comet Hale-Bopp (1995 O1) was obtained on 99 nights from mid-1995 to early-2000, yielding gas and dust production rates over an…