The Inner Coma of Comet Hyakutake
The most recent ESO observations of bright Comet Hyakutake have shown rapid changes in the innermost coma, within a few hundred kilometres from the cometary nucleus. This result has only become possible because of the unusual combination of a bright comet being near the Earth, together with the excellent imaging quality of the ESO 3.5-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT).
For the further analysis, a comparison (with the image eso9623a) was made of a series of 12 R-frames each, obtained with a 30-min interval.
The field shown in this image is 60 x 60 arcsec, i.e. about 10,000 km square at the distance of the comet. The image taken on 19 March 1996.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso9623c |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 12 July 2010, 17:07 |
Related releases: | eso9623 |
Size: | 509 x 554 px |
About the Object
Name: | Comet Hyakutake |
Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Coma |
Category: | • Solar System |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical R | New Technology Telescope SUSI |
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