Comet Hyakutake

Eso_eso9616a_1024

eso_eso9616a March 4th, 1996

Credit: ESO

Spectra of Comet Hyakutake were obtained at the ESO La Silla Observatory on February 29.3 UT by Klaus Simon (Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Munich, Germany) and Chris Lidman (ESO-Chile). They used the Danish 1.54-m telescope with the multi-mode DFOSC instrument and a large CCD. The slit was centred on the brightest part of the cometary coma. The frames were reduced by S. Benetti (ESO-Chile). This graphical representation is based on the combination of two 10-min exposures. They have been calibrated to show the wavelength (abscissa, in Angstrom) and relative intensity (ordinate). The spectrum covers the wavelength region 4000-8000 A with a spectral resolution of approx. 12 A.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9616a/

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 Hyakutake • Spectrum
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Optical -
Eso_eso9616a_1280
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ID
eso9616a
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Hyakutake, Spectrum
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1996-03-04T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9616a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Danish 1.54-metre telescope
Instrument
DFOSC
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
692.0, 654.0
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
eso9616a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9616a.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:19.560301
Metadata Version
1.1
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