Comet Hale Bopp gas distribution

Eso_eso9726a_1024

eso_eso9726a October 8th, 1997

Credit: ESO

In the course of the continuing observational programme at the ESO La Silla Observatory in the Chilean Atacama desert, CCD frames of Comet Hale-Bopp were obtained on 1 October 1997 with the 2.2-m ESO/MPI telescope. These images show only the central part of the well developed cloud of gas and dust (the coma) around the cometary nucleus (the 'dirty snowball' of ice and dust). The field of view is about 3 x 3 arcmin, corresponding to about 1/100th of the full moon area in the sky. At the present distance of the comet from the Earth, about 3.1 AU or 465 million km, this field corresponds to about 400,000 x 400,000 km. The coma of the comet is still much larger and extends far beyond the border of this image.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9726a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

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

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (V) -
Pseudocolor MPG-2.2m (WFI) Ultraviolet (U) -
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ID
eso9726a
Subject Category
A.2.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet Hale-Bopp
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1997-10-08T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9726a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument
WFI, WFI
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor
Band
Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
V, U
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
684.0, 678.0
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
eso9726a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9726a.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:16.854414
Metadata Version
1.1
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