Comet Halley at 28 AU heliocentric distance

Eso_eso0328a_1024

eso_eso0328a September 1st, 2003

Credit: ESO

Faint, star-like image of Comet Halley (centre), observed with the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory on March 6-8, 2003. 81 individual exposures from three of the four 8.2-m VLT telescopes with a total exposure time of about 9 hours were combined to show the magnitude 28.2 object. At this time, Comet Halley was about 4200 million km from the Sun (28.06 AU) and 4080 million km (27.26 AU) from the Earth. All images of stars and galaxies in the field were removed during the extensive image processing needed to produce this unique image. Due to the remaining, unavoidable "background noise", it is best to view the comet image from some distance. The field measures 60 x 40 arcsec 2 ; North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0328a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Comet Halley
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale VLT (FORS2) Optical -
Grayscale VLT (VIMOS) Optical -
Grayscale VLT (FORS1) Optical -
Eso_eso0328a_1280
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ID
eso0328a
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Halley
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2003-09-01T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0328a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS2, VIMOS, FORS1
Color Assignment
Grayscale, Grayscale, Grayscale
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
32400, 32400, 32400
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 768.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0328a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0328a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-01-20T10:43:14+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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