RPO PROJECT "THANK YOU" IMAGE PAGE

Thank You images sent from Yunnan Province, Kunming, China

After successful completion of the RPO project, the chief astronomer at the Yunnan Astronomical Observatory site in Kunming, China, Kaifan Ji, sent a series of special images, on behalf of the RPO team, with thank-you messages written on them to members of the IRC Chatnet channels who had been of assistance.

The images of the Hale-Bopp comet gracing the early evening or early morning skies in March, 1997, were taken with a special astronomical photography technique, which makes them particularly beautiful views. This comet is seen in our solar system only once every 2000 years or so. There is also a special view of Mars and another view of the 1996 Hyukatake comet. We hope viewers of this page enjoy these images as much as we did!


Here are the special views of the Hale-Bopp comet sent to some the IRC friends who helped with internet aspects of the RPO project:

These photographs of the Hale-Bopp Comet were set up ahead of time to check how the planned experiment would work. The astronomers were at that time testing the viability of posting JPEG images on an FTP site, so the other astronomers at distant locations could view them quickly, then use the chatnet IRC network to discuss the results, and make necessary adjustments.




The next thank-you note is an image of Mars


The following thank-you note is a picture of the 1996 Hyakutake Comet, sent to "GEO," Jim Seamans, who provided the space for the live image files on the FTP server.

The telescope through which these observations were made was constructed in East Germany, and installed in the Yunnan Observatory in March, 1979. Until 1988, this 1-meter mirror telescope was the largest in China; at present it is the fifth largest in China.




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