Persistent dust jets at comet Hale-Bopp

Eso_eso9726b_1024

eso_eso9726b October 8th, 1997

Credit: ESO

Two different filters were used during the exposures in order to discriminate between the gas and the dust in the coma. The photo obtained through an ultraviolet optical filter (ESO Press Photo eso9726a) displays mainly the distribution of gaseous CN molecules in the coma, while that through a yellow-green (V) filter (ESO Press Photo eso9726b) mostly indicates the distribution of dust grains. Since the telescope followed the motion of the comet during the exposures, the images of the stars in the field are not completely round, especially in the CN-image.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9726b/

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 MPG-2.2m (None) Optical (V) -
Pseudocolor MPG-2.2m (None) Ultraviolet (U) -
Eso_eso9726b_1280
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ID
eso9726b
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Hale-Bopp
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1997-10-08T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9726b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor
Band
Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
V, U
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
682.0, 682.0
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
eso9726b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9726b.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:16.831359
Metadata Version
1.1
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