Comet Hale-Bopp

Eso_eso9521b_1024

eso_eso9521b August 30th, 1995

Credit: ESO

The image shows a photographically enhanced image of the comet. In this process, the contrast has been greatly increased so that even very faint areas of the diffuse coma become visible. The comet now appears as a roughly circular, dark object in the front of myriads of stars in this sky area. Its angular size is at least 5 arcminutes, much larger than on the direct reproduction (eso9521a). There also seems to be a very faint extension towards East (left).

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9521b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Comet Hale-Bopp
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale ESO-1m (None) Optical (R) 665.0 nm
An enhanced version of the direct observation.
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Eso_eso9521b_1280
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ID
eso9521b
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Hale-Bopp
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1995-08-30T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9521b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
ESO 1-metre Schmidt telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
665
Start Time
Integration Time
1800
Dataset ID
Notes
A
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
828.0, 649.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso9521b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9521b.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:20.502967
Metadata Version
1.1
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