Comet Halley from La Silla in 1986

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eso_halley_gpo_1386002-cc October 2nd, 2015

Credit: ESO

A beautiful image of Comet Halley and its tail during its last passage through the inner Solar System. This colour image was assembled by combining three individual exposures obtained on three separate photographic plates with the Grand Prisme Objectif telescope at La Silla in 1986.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/halley_gpo_1386002-cc/

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 Halley
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Grand Prisme Objectif telescope (None) Optical (Blue) -
Green Grand Prisme Objectif telescope (None) Optical (Green) -
Red Grand Prisme Objectif telescope (None) Optical (Red) -
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ID
halley_gpo_1386002-cc
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Halley
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2015-10-02T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/halley_gpo_1386002-cc/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Grand Prisme Objectif telescope, Grand Prisme Objectif telescope, Grand Prisme Objectif telescope
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Blue, Green, Red
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2475.0, 3595.0
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_gpo_1386002-cc
Metadata Date
2011-06-24T17:47:17+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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