Comet Hale-Bopp, at a distance of nearly 2,000 million kilometres from the Sun
Comet Hale-Bopp, still active at a distance of nearly 2,000 million kilometres from the Sun. The photo is a colour composite of several exposures in different wavebands, obtained with the Wide-Field Imager (WFI) camera at the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at the La Silla Observatory. Despite the very large distance from the Sun, the comet is still "active" — it continues to lose material, as demonstrated by the curved jet, and also possesses an enormous coma. The broad, fan-shaped extension in the tail direction (to the upper left) measures at least 2 million kilometres.
Źródło:ESO
O zdjęciu
Identyfikator: | eso0108a |
Typ: | Obserwacje |
Data publikacji: | 6 marca 2001 |
Powiązane komunikaty: | eso0108 |
Rozmiar: | 2826 x 1928 px |
O obiekcie
Nazwa: | Comet Hale-Bopp |
Typ: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet |
Kategoria: | Solar System |
Kolory i filtry
Pasmo | Teleskop |
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Optyczny B | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
Optyczny V | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
Optyczny R | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |