Comet P/1997 T3

Eso_eso9729c_1024

eso_eso9729c November 24th, 1997

Credit: ESO

Deep NTT image of P/1997 T3. This image covers a field of 105 x 60 arcsec and is a composite of several CCD exposures. It was taken with the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) and the EMMI multi-mode instrument by ESO astronomers Hermann Boehnhardt and Olivier Hainaut on different days between 21 and 25 October 1997. By computer processing, the images of P/1997 T3 are aligned to the same pixel position and co-added in order to increase the visibility of the comet. Due to the motion of the comet, multiple images of several galaxies and stars appear in this photo. At the time of the observations, the comet was about 3.34 AU from Earth and about 4.30 AU from the Sun.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9729c/

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
P/1997 T3
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale NTT (EMMI) Optical -
Eso_eso9729c_1280
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ID
eso9729c
Subject Category
A.2.2  
Subject Name
P/1997 T3
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1997-11-24T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9729c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
New Technology Telescope
Instrument
EMMI
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
774.0, 448.0
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
eso9729c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9729c.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:16.349707
Metadata Version
1.1
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