The near-nucleus region of comet Hale-Bopp

A series of CCD frames, showing the inner coma of Comet Hale-Bopp, was obtained with the SUSI high angular resolution camera at the ESO 3.5-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT) under very good seeing conditions in the morning of March 20, 1996. The photo shows a composite of nine 1-min exposures through a red filtre. The telescope was set to follow the motion of the comet and the stars are therefore seen as nine small trails (the intervals correspond to the time needed for the read-out from the CCD). The field shown measures about 55 x 55 arcsec across. North is up and East is left.

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ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso9624a
Type:Observation
Date de publication:22 mars 1996
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso9624
Taille:505 x 480 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Comet Hale-Bopp
Type:Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Nucleus
Catégorie:Solar System

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
93,5 Kio
JPEG taille écran
214,3 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
189,9 Kio
1280x1024
268,0 Kio
1600x1200
327,1 Kio
1920x1200
339,2 Kio
2048x1536
441,5 Kio

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
Visible
R
New Technology Telescope
SUSI

Exposure time: 540s