Inner Region of Comet Hyakutake

esahubble_opo9614c March 27th, 1996

Credit: H. A. Weaver (Applied Research Corp.), HST Comet Hyakutake Observing Team, and NASA/ESA

This expanded view of the near-nucleus region is only 470 miles (760 km) across. The nucleus is near the center of the frame, but the brightest area is probably the tip of the strongest dust jet rather than the nucleus itself.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9614c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: C/1996 B2 • Hyakutake
Subject - Solar System: Interplanetary Body > Comet > Nucleus

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (R)	675.0 nm

ID: opo9614c
Subject Category: A.2.2.1
Subject Name: C/1996 B2, Hyakutake
Credits: H. A. Weaver (Applied Research Corp.), HST Comet Hyakutake Observing Team, and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1996-03-27T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9614c/

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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: R
Central Wavelength: 675

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9614c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9614c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:46:09+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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