Bright comet 1995 Q1

Eso_eso9516a_1024

eso_eso9516a August 22nd, 1995

Credit: ESO

This image of Bright Comet 1995 Q1 shows the comet head (coma) and the intricate structure of the innermost part of the long, narrow tail that points towards SE, i.e. away from the Sun. This photo was made with an emulsion-filtre combination that registers blue light from the molecules and ions in the coma and tail. The appearance of the tail changes rapidly due to the strong influence of the solar wind at the comet's relatively close location to the Sun, about 75 million kilometres. This corresponds to half the distance between the Earth and the Sun.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9516a/

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
Grayscale ESO-1m (None) Optical -
Eso_eso9516a_1280
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ID
eso9516a
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet 1995 Q1
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1995-08-22T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9516a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
600
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
511.0, 509.0
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
eso9516a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9516a.tif
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Metadata Date
2011-01-26T10:25:56-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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