Spectacular jet in comet Hale-Bopp

This false-colour image of the large jet now observed in bright comet Hale-Bopp is a computer-enhanced version of a near-IR CCD-frame. It was obtained on August 31 1995 with the multi-mode DFOSC instrument at the Danish 1.5-m telescope on La Silla by Emilio Molinari from Osservatorio di Brera, Milano-Merate, Italy. On this photo, North is up and East is to the left. One pixel measures 0.5 arcsec and the circular field has a diameter of 65 arcsec. The intensity scale is indicated with the colour bar at the bottom; the intensity increases towards the right

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ESO

Sobre la imagen

Identificador:eso9522a
Tipo:Observación
Fecha de publicación:1 de Septiembre de 1995
Noticias relacionadas:eso9522
Tamaño:520 x 589 px

Sobre el objeto

Nombre:Comet Hale-Bopp
Tipo:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet
Categoría:Solar System

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Colores y filtros

BandaTelescopio
Infrarrojo
Near-IR
Danish 1.54-metre telescope
DFOSC