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Start Date:1995-00-00 Location:Socorro, NM People:Bopp, Tom
Hale, Alan |
Creator:Records of the NRAO Series:Photographs Series Unit:Conferences, Symposia & Lectures Unit Subunit:Miscellaneous Meetings Subunit Type:Still Image Original Format of Digital Item:Color print Subject:Events--Meetings |
Description:Alan Hale and Tom Bopp at the Enchanted Skies Star Party, Socorro, 1995. The two co-discoverers of Hale-Bopp, the “comet of the century,” were keynote speakers for that event, and it was in front of the crowd of attendees that they first met in person. They had been in contact by email and telephone for some time already, and considered themselves friends, and our star party was their first meeting. They wanted to meet dramatically for the first time in front of the crowd, and insisted that they be booked into separate hotels to avoid an accidental meeting. Hale spoke first, telling his discovery story, then said he wanted to introduce “my friend Tom Bopp.” Bopp stood up from the middle of the crowd and walked forward for their first handshake, to the applause of the crowd. The star party’s T-shirt for that year said, “Where Hale met Bopp." [show more]
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