Comet Linear (July 6, 2000)

Esahubble_opo0026c_1024

esahubble_opo0026c July 28th, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA, H. Weaver and P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), M. A'Hearn (University of Maryland), C. Arpigny (Liège University), M. Combi (University of Michigan), M. Festou (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées), and G.-P. Tozzi (Arcetri Observatory)

The nucleus cannot be seen in these images because it is about a mile or so across, which is too small for the Hubble telescope to see.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0026c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
C/1999 S4 Comet Linear
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet > Nucleus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (STIS ) Optical (V) 550.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Esahubble_opo0026c_1280
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ID
opo0026c
Subject Category
A.2.2.1  
Subject Name
C/1999 S4, Comet Linear
Credits
NASA/ESA, H. Weaver and P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), M. A'Hearn (University of Maryland), C. Arpigny (Liège University), M. Combi (University of Michigan), M. Festou (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées), and G.-P. Tozzi (Arcetri Observatory)
Release Date
2000-07-28T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0026c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
STIS
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
V
Central Wavelength
550
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0026c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:16:36+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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