Central parts of comet McNaught

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.

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Über das Bild

ID:eso0707a
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:23. Februar 2007
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Über das Objekt

Name:Comet McNaught
Typ:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Coma
Kategorie:Solar System

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SpektralbereichTeleskop
OptischNew Technology Telescope
EMMI