Comet Hale-Bopp

The image shows a photographically enhanced image of the comet. In this process, the contrast has been greatly increased so that even very faint areas of the diffuse coma become visible. The comet now appears as a roughly circular, dark object in the front of myriads of stars in this sky area. Its angular size is at least 5 arcminutes, much larger than on the direct reproduction (eso9521a). There also seems to be a very faint extension towards East (left).

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso9521b
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:30 augustus 1995
Gerelateerde berichten:eso9521
Grootte:828 x 649 px

Over het object

Naam:Comet Hale-Bopp
Type:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet
Categorie:Solar System

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Kleuren & filters

BandGolflengteTelescoop
Optisch
R
665 nmESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope

Noten: An enhanced version of the direct observation.

Exposure time: 1800s