Halley's comet

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eso_halley_wfcc_22_07_87-cc April 16th, 2013

Credit: ESO

This stunning image was captured by ESO's very own Wide Field Camera. Halley is the only short-period comet that is clearly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and thus the only naked-eye comet that might appear twice in a human lifetime.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/halley_wfcc_22_07_87-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
Eso_halley_wfcc_22_07_87-cc_1280
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ID
halley_wfcc_22_07_87-cc
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Halley
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2013-04-16T15:24:59
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/halley_wfcc_22_07_87-cc/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1503.0, 2470.0
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_wfcc_22_07_87-cc
Metadata Date
2011-06-24T17:53:07+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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