The near-nucleus region of comet Hale-Bopp

Eso_eso9624a_1024

eso_eso9624a March 22nd, 1996

Credit: ESO

A series of CCD frames, showing the inner coma of Comet Hale-Bopp, was obtained with the SUSI high angular resolution camera at the ESO 3.5-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT) under very good seeing conditions in the morning of March 20, 1996. The photo shows a composite of nine 1-min exposures through a red filtre. The telescope was set to follow the motion of the comet and the stars are therefore seen as nine small trails (the intervals correspond to the time needed for the read-out from the CCD). The field shown measures about 55 x 55 arcsec across. North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9624a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Comet Hale-Bopp
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet > Nucleus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale NTT (SUSI) Optical (R) -
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ID
eso9624a
Subject Category
A.2.2.1  
Subject Name
Comet Hale-Bopp
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1996-03-22T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9624a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
New Technology Telescope
Instrument
SUSI
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
540
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
505.0, 480.0
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
eso9624a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9624a.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:19.380350
Metadata Version
1.1
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