A Halley's comet photographic plate

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eso_halley-discovery-cc March 18th, 2012

Credit: ESO/C. Madsen

A photographic plate of Halley's Comet from 1986. An enhanced image from a GPO photographic plate.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/halley-discovery-cc/

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 Halley
Subject - General
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Grand Prisme Objectif telescope (None) Optical -
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ID
halley-discovery-cc
Subject Category
E.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Halley
Credits
ESO/C. Madsen
Release Date
2012-03-18T23:07:37
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/halley-discovery-cc/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Grand Prisme Objectif 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
9384.0, 7437.0
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
halley-discovery-cc
Metadata Date
2012-02-17T14:13:43+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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