Inner Region of Comet Hyakutake

Esahubble_opo9614d_1024

esahubble_opo9614d March 27th, 1996

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

This image shows pieces of the nucleus that apparently broke off and1 were first detected during ground-based observations on March 24.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9614d/

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/1996 B2 Hyakutake
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet > Nucleus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 675.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Esahubble_opo9614d_1280
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ID
opo9614d
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
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9614d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
675
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
opo9614d
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:46:10+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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