An asteroid with a tail?

Eso_eso9729a_1024

eso_eso9729a November 24th, 1997

Credit: ESO

Discovery image of P/1997 T3, obtained on October 1, 1997, with the 1-metre ESO Schmidt telescope at the La Silla observatory in the Chilean Atacama desert. The object is seen as a small straight and sharp "asteroidal trail" (in 4 o`clock orientation) on the lower right side of the strong white line in the middle of the field, directly opposite the white dot (these marks were placed in order to mark the position of the new object on the film).

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9729a/

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
P/1997 T3
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Asteroid

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale ESO-1m (None) Optical -
Eso_eso9729a_1280
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ID
eso9729a
Subject Category
A.2.3  
Subject Name
P/1997 T3
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1997-11-24T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9729a/
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
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
507.0, 504.0
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
eso9729a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9729a.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:16.326247
Metadata Version
1.1
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