Central Parts of Comet McNaught
Imaging of the central coma of Comet McNaught. Left: a raw image taken through a filter centred on the emission by CN gas. Middle: the CN image processed using the Larson-Sekanina algorithm to reveal spiral jets of gas from the nucleus. Right: A similarly processed image of the dust in the inner coma, showing a sunward plume and the dust being swept back into the tail. The tail direction is roughly downwards in these images, which are orientated with North up and have a field of view of 2.4 arcmin on a side.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0707a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 23 February 2007 |
| Related releases: | eso0707 |
| Size: | 2393 x 798 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Comet McNaught |
| Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Coma • X - Solar System |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical | New Technology Telescope EMMI |
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