Comet Hale-Bopp Observing Programmes (1996)
The '1st Hale-Bopp Meeting of European Observers' was held at the ESO Headquarters in Garching (Germany) on February 29, 1996. The participants were D. Bockelee-Morvan (Observatoire de Meudon, France), H. Boehnhardt (University of Munich, Germany), T. Bonev (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria), K. Jockers (MPI for Aeronomy, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany), H.-U. Kaeufl (ESO Garching), M. Kidger (Instituto de Astronomia, Tenerife, Spain), S. Peschke (MPI for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany), H. Rauer (Observatoire de Meudon, France), H. Rickman (Uppsala University, Sweden), J. Solc (University of Prague, Czechia), R. Schulz (MPI for Aeronomy, Germany), N. Thomas (MPI for Aeronomy, Germany), G.P. Tozzi (Osservatorio di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy) and R. West (ESO Garching).
The meeting served to discuss the planned observations of this comet in 1996. As one result, a list of approved and proposed Hale-Bopp observing programmes by European astronomers was compiled. It is reproduced below. Kindly note that it may not (yet) be complete, nor entirely free of errors.
For more information, please contact Hermann Boehnhardt or Richard West.
| Date | Site | Telescope | Instrument | Wavelength | Type | Status | PI/Contact |
| synoptic | Nancay | 200x35m | radio | OH 18 cm | spectr. | appr. | Bockelee-Morvan |
| synoptic | Calar Alto | 0.8m Schmidt | Plates | visual | imag. | prop. | Birkle |
| synoptic | ESO | 1.2mSchmidt | Plates | visual | imag. | prop. | West |
| synoptic | Wendelstein | 0.8m | CCD+spectr. | visual | imag.+spectr. | appr. | Boehnhardt |
| synoptic | Ondrejov | 0.65m | Photom. | visual | photom. | appr. | Solc |
| synoptic | Tenerife | 0.6m | CCD camera | visual | imag. | appr. | Kidger |
| synoptic | Klet | Camera+0.6m | CCD+Photom. | visual | imag.+photom. | appr. | Tichy |
| synoptic | Tereskol | 2.0m | foc.red. | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Jockers |
| 18-20/3/96 | ESO | NTT | SUSI/EMMI | visual | imag. | appr. | West |
| 21-25/3/96 | Ondrejov | 2.0m | spectr. | visual | spectr. | appr. | Solc |
| 23/3/96 | Earth orbit | ISO | PHOT | 3.6-160 micron | photom. | appr. | Gruen |
| 23-27/4/96 | Ondrejov | 2.0m | spectr. | visual | spectr. | appr. | Solc |
| 23-25/4/96 | ESO | 1.5mDanish | DFOSC | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Boehnhardt |
| 25-27/4/96 | ESO | 1.5mDanish | DFOSC | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Rauer |
| 25/4/96 | Earth orbit | ISO | PHOT | 3.6-160 micron | photom. | appr. | Gruen |
| 25/4/96 | Earth orbit | ISO | PHOT | 2.5-12 micron | spectr. | appr | Crovisier |
| ??/4/96 | Tenerife | 1.5m | Nicmos | 1-2.5 micron | imag. | appr. | Kidger |
| ??/4/96 | Tenerife | 2.5m | spectr. | visual | spectr. | appr. | Kidger |
| 11-14/5/96 | ESO | 2.2m | EFOSC2 | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Boehnhardt |
| 12/5/96 | ESO | 3.6m | ADONIS | 1-5micron | imag. | appr. | West |
| 20-31/5/96 | ESO | 3.6m | TIMMI | 8-13micron | imag. | ToO | Kaeufl |
| 28-31/5/96 | Haute Provence | 1.9m | Carelec | visual | spectr. | appr. | Rauer |
| 13-19/6/96 | Pic du Midi | 2.0 m | ISARD | visual | imag. | appr. | Jorda |
| 17-19/6/96 | ESO | 1.5mDanish | DFOSC | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Boehnhardt |
| 24-26/6/96 | ESO | 1.5mDanish | DFOSC | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Rauer |
| 25-26/6/95 | ESO | NTT | IRSEPC | 3.4 micron | spectr. | appr. | Bockelee-Morvan |
| ??/6/96 | Mauna Kea | JCMT | radio | sub-mm | spectr. | appr. | Bockelee-Morvan |
| ??/6/96 | Tenerife | 2.5m | spectr. | visual | spectr. | appr. | Kidger |
| ??/7/96 | ESO | 2.2m | EFOSC2 | visual | spectr., imag. | prop. | Gruen |
| ??/7/96 | Mauna Kea | JCMT | radio | sub-mm | spectr. | appr. | Bockelee-Morvan |
| ??/7/96 | Tenerife | 1.5m | Nicmos | 1-2.5 micron | imag. | appr. | Kidger |
| ??/7-??/12/96 | Roshen | 2.2m | foc.red. | visual | spectr., imag. | prop. | Bonev |
| 17/8/96 | ESO | 3.6m | ADONIS | 1-5micron | imag. | appr. | West |
| 17-19/8/96 | ESO | 1.5mDanish | DFOSC | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | West |
| 19-20/8/96 | ESO | 1.5mDanish | DFOSC | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Boehnhardt |
| 20-22/8/96 | ESO | 1.5mDanish | DFOSC | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Thomas |
| 22-24/8/96 | ESO | 1.5mDanish | DFOSC | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Rauer |
| 30/8-3/9/96 | Ondrejov | 2.0m | spectr. | visual | spectr. | appr. | Solc |
| ??/8/98 | La Palma | NOT | Nicmos | 1-2.5 micron | imag. | appr. | Tozzi |
| 1/9/96 | Earth orbit | ISO | PHOT | 3.6-160 micron | photom. | appr. | Gruen |
| 1/9/96 | Earth orbit | ISO | PHOT | 2.5-12 micron | spectr. | appr. | Crovisier |
| 9-13/9/96 | ESO | 2.2m | EFOSC2 | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Schulz |
| 13-17/9/96 | ESO | 2.2m | EFOSC2 | visual | spectr., imag. | appr. | Boehnhardt |
| 15-30/9/96 | Earth orbit | ISO | ISOCAM | 3.3-15 micron | imag. | appr. | Lamy |
| ??/9/98 | La Palma | NOT | Nicmos | 1-2.5 micron | imag. | appr. | Tozzi |
| ??/9/98 | La Palma | ??? | spectr. | visual | spectr. | appr. | Kidger |
| 4-8/10/96 | Ondrejov | 2.0m | spectr. | visual | spectr. | appr. | Solc |
| 6/10/96 | Earth orbit | ISO | PHOT | 3.6-160 micron | photometry | appr. | Gruen |
| 6/10/96 | Earth orbit | ISO | PHOT | 2.5-12 micron | spectr. | appr. | Crovisier |
| 1/9/96 | Earth orbit | ISO | LSW,SWS | IR | spectr. | appr. | Crovisier |
| ??/12/96 | ??? | Vat.Tel. | Nicmos | 1-2.5 micron | imag. | appr. | Tozzi |
| TBD | Earth orbit | IUE | LW,SW | UV | spectr. | prop. | Festou |
| TBD | Pico Veleta | IRAM | radio | CO | spectr. | prop. | Festou |
| TBD | Pico Veleta | IRAM | radio | mm | spectr. | prop. | Crovisier |
| TBD | ESO | SEST | ??? | CO | spectr. | prop. | Rickman |
| TBD | Calar Alto | TBD | TBD | TBD | ima.+spectr. | ToO | Birkle |
| TBD | Italy | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | Tozzi |