Comet Hale-Bopp

Esahubble_opo9708i_1024

esahubble_opo9708i March 27th, 1997

Credit: Harold Weaver (Johns Hopkins University) and NASA/ESA

This is a series of Hubble Space Telescope observations of the region around the nucleus of Hale-Bopp, taken on eight different dates since September 1995. They chronicle changes in the evolution of the nucleus as it moves ever closer to, and is warmed by, the sun.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9708i/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, 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
Hale-Bopp
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet > Nucleus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet -
Esahubble_opo9708i_1280
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ID
opo9708i
Subject Category
A.2.2.1  
Subject Name
Hale-Bopp
Credits
Harold Weaver (Johns Hopkins University) and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-03-27T22:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9708i/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Ultraviolet
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.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
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9708i
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:47:55+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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