Central parts of comet McNaught

Eso_eso0707a_1024

eso_eso0707a February 23rd, 2007

Credit: ESO

Imaging of the central coma of Comet McNaught. Left: a raw image taken through a filter centred on the emission by CN gas. Middle: the CN image processed using the Larson-Sekanina algorithm to reveal spiral jets of gas from the nucleus. Right: A similarly processed image of the dust in the inner coma, showing a sunward plume and the dust being swept back into the tail. The tail direction is roughly downwards in these images, which are orientated with North up and have a field of view of 2.4 arcmin on a side.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0707a/

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 McNaught
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet > Coma

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red NTT (EMMI) Optical -
Eso_eso0707a_1280
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ID
eso0707a
Subject Category
A.2.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet McNaught
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2007-02-23T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0707a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
New Technology Telescope
Instrument
EMMI
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2393.0, 798.0
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
eso0707a
Metadata Date
2008-12-19T11:41:53+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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