Bright comet 1995 Q1

Eso_eso9514a_1024

eso_eso9514a August 20th, 1995

Credit: ESO

This image of the bright comet 1995 Q1, was a direct 20 second exposure, made through a red filtre at UT 23:45 on August 19. It shows the elongated coma and the beginning of a very long, narrow ion tail in the SE direction, twisting under the action of the solar wind. Several streamers are also visible near the head in this general direction. The field of the frame is 9.1 x 9.1 arcminutes and the exposure was made while the telescope was tracking the comet.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9514a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Comet 1995 Q1
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red NTT (EMMI) Optical (R) -
Eso_eso9514a_1280
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ID
eso9514a
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet 1995 Q1
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1995-08-20T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9514a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
New Technology Telescope
Instrument
EMMI
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
20
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
355.0, 342.0
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
eso9514a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9514a.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:20.757304
Metadata Version
1.1
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