Broken fragments of Comet SW-3

Eso_eso0615b_1024

eso_eso0615b April 25th, 2006

Credit: ESO

Image of the broken fragments surrounding Fragment B of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 observed with FORS1 on ESO's VLT in three filters (B - blue, V - green, and R - red). As the telescope was tracking the comet, the stars appear as coloured trails, indicating the order in which the comet was observed in the different filters. As less filters have been used for this image, that zooms-in on the fragments, the colours appear different than on the ESO Press Photo eso0615.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0615b/

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 Type
Observation
Object Name
Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS1) Optical (R) -
Green VLT (FORS1) Optical (V) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso0615b
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2006-04-25T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0615b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1413.0, 1311.0
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
eso0615b
Metadata Date
2008-12-19T11:40:51+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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