The unusual tails of comet Hale-Bopp

Eso_eso9806b_1024

eso_eso9806b January 30th, 1998

Credit: ESO

Comet Hale-Bopp photographed with the ESO 1-metre Schmidt Telescope on January 4, 1998 on a red-sensitive film/filter combination (Kodak 4415 + RG630), recording the comet's light in the 6300-7000 A spectral interval. The exposure lasted 2 hours; the seeing was very good (0.8 arcsec). Observer: Guido Pizarro.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9806b/

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

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale ESO-1m (None) Optical (R) -
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ID
eso9806b
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/eso9806b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
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
eso9806b
Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:15.584932
Metadata Version
1.1
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