Spectacular jet in comet Hale-Bopp

Eso_eso9522a_1024

eso_eso9522a September 1st, 1995

Credit: ESO

This false-colour image of the large jet now observed in bright comet Hale-Bopp is a computer-enhanced version of a near-IR CCD-frame. It was obtained on August 31 1995 with the multi-mode DFOSC instrument at the Danish 1.5-m telescope on La Silla by Emilio Molinari from Osservatorio di Brera, Milano-Merate, Italy. On this photo, North is up and East is to the left. One pixel measures 0.5 arcsec and the circular field has a diameter of 65 arcsec. The intensity scale is indicated with the colour bar at the bottom; the intensity increases towards the right

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9522a/

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 Hale-Bopp
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Infrared (Near-IR) -
Eso_eso9522a_1280
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ID
eso9522a
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Hale-Bopp
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1995-09-01T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9522a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Danish 1.54-metre telescope
Instrument
DFOSC
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
520.0, 589.0
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
eso9522a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9522a.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:20.433479
Metadata Version
1.1
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