The unusual tails of comet Hale-Bopp

Eso_eso9806a_1024

eso_eso9806a January 30th, 1998

Credit: ESO

Comet Hale-Bopp photographed with the ESO 1-metre Schmidt Telescope on January 5, 1998 on a pan-sensitive film/filter combination (Kodak 4415 + GG385), recording the comet's light in the 4000-7000 A spectral interval. The exposure lasted 1 hour; the seeing was quite good (1.0 arcsec), but there were some cirrus. A satellite crossed the field during the exposure — its trail is seen as a very thin line.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9806a/

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 Hale-Bopp
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet
Interplanetary Body > Comet > Tail

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale ESO-1m (None) Optical -
Eso_eso9806a_1280
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ID
eso9806a
Subject Category
A.2.2   A.2.2.3  
Subject Name
Comet Hale-Bopp
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1998-01-30T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9806a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
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
2034.0, 3000.0
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
eso9806a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9806a.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:15.605268
Metadata Version
1.1
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