First ESO Image of New Comet 1998 P1
The positive image shown here has been reproduced from a 2-min exposure with the DFOSC instrument through a B (blue) filter on August 11, 1998 at 23:40 UT.
This is a 120-sec exposure through B-filtre with DFOSC on Danish 1.54-m telescope. Only a few cosmetic corrections. The original frame has 1911 x 1911 pixels which corresponds to 12.9 x 12.9 arcmin on the sky. North is up, East to the left.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9838a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 12 August 1998 |
| Related releases: | eso9838 |
| Size: | 956 x 955 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Comet 1998 P1 |
| Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet • X - Solar System |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
Danish 1.54-metre telescope DFOSC |
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