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ITEM REFERENCE1806
PERMANENT LINKhttps://astro.ing.iac.es/outreach/?1806
EXTACCESSyes
COLLECTIONImage archive
TITLEComet Hale-Bopp
KEYWORDSComets
DATE1997-04-16
DESCRIPTIONOn the 16th April CoCAM camera discovered a new type of cometary tail, the sodium tail (the straight line from the right bottom to the left top), which consists of neutral atoms, never seen before. This image was obtained using CoCAM camera and a sodium filter.
CREDIT European Comet Hale-Bopp Team
TELESCOPECOCAM
RELATED URLhttps://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/Press_Release_ING497.html
THUMB_75
https://www.ing.iac.es/PR/science/hale_4s.jpg
AVAILABLE FILESGIF (169K) 511×508 pixels
TIMESTAMP2024-08-25 20:35:53
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