Hubble image archive
Compass and Scale Image for Comet ISON
CreditsNASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2013
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2013-42-3249-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Comet ISON |
| Object Description | Comet |
| Distance | At the time of the Hubble observations on October 9, 2013, the comet was 1.49 astronomical units (139 million miles) from the Sun. The comet was 1.91 astronomical units (177 million miles) from Earth. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal by the Hubble Heritage Team, PI: Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, C. Christian, L. Frattare, W. Januszewski, M. Livio, J. Mack, and J. Sokol (STScI/AURA), and K. Noll (NASA/GSFC). High-level science products for these data are available from the MAST archive at . |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | October 9, 2013, Exposure Time: 29 minutes |
| Filters | F438W (B) and F775W (i') |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3/UVIS instrument. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue/green: F438W (B) and Orange: F775W (i') |
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