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
Over de afbeelding
Id: | eso0707a |
Type: | Observatie |
Publicatiedatum: | 23 februari 2007 |
Gerelateerde berichten: | eso0707 |
Grootte: | 2393 x 798 px |
Over het object
Naam: | Comet McNaught |
Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Coma |
Categorie: | Solar System |
Kleuren & filters
Band | Telescoop |
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Optisch | New Technology Telescope EMMI |