First Infrared ESO Image of Comet Hale-Bopp
This false-colour image of the newly discovered comet Hale-Bopp was obtained by Chris Lidman and Patrice Bouchet on August 5, 1995, UT 03:30, with the MPI/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla observatory. It was registered with the infrared-sensitive instrument IRAC2 on a 256x256 pixel Nicmos3 detector and through a J-band filtre (wavelength centered at 1.5 micron) during an 8-minute exposure. The scale is 0.52 arcsec/pixel and the field of the image covers 2.2 x 2.2 arcminutes. The atmospheric seeing was 0.8 arcsecond. North is up and east is to the left.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9520a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 25 August 1995 |
| Related releases: | eso9520 |
| Size: | 5449 x 5455 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Comet Hale-Bopp |
| Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet • X - Solar System |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared J |
1.5 μm | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope IRAC2 |
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