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Imagen de brújula y escala del cometa 103/P Hartley 2

CreditsIllustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Science: NASA, ESA, and H. Weaver (The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab

Fecha
Jan 1, 2010
Misión
Hubble Space Telescope
ID de archivo
hubblesite-images-2010-35-2794-image
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Credits

Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);
Science: NASA, ESA, and H. Weaver (The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab

Detalles de la imagen

About The Object
Object NameComet 103/P Hartley 2
Object DescriptionComet
DistanceAt the time of the Hubble observation, the comet was 1.153 astronomical units (172 million km or 107 million miles) from the Sun. The comet was 0.218 astronomical units (32.6 million km or 20.2 million miles) from Earth.
About The Data
Data DescriptionThis image was created from HST data from proposal : H. Weaver (JHU/APL), M. A’Hearn (University of Maryland, College Park), N. Dello Russo (JHU/APL), P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), and S.A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute)
InstrumentHST>STIS/CCD
Exposure DatesSept. 25, 2010
FiltersF28x50LP
About The Image
Color InfoThis image was originally black and white and recorded only overall brightness. These brightness values were translated into a range of bluish hues. Such color "maps" can be useful in helping to distinguish subtly varying brightness in an image.

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