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

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Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
OptischNew Technology Telescope
EMMI