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.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0707a
Type:Observation
Date de publication:23 février 2007
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0707
Taille:2393 x 798 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Comet McNaught
Type:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Coma
Catégorie:Solar System

Image Formats

Grand JPEG
260,2 Kio

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
VisibleNew Technology Telescope
EMMI