[meteorite-list] Close-up Image of Comet NEAT From Kitt PeakObservatory

From: meteoriteshow <meteoriteshow_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu May 27 06:46:35 2004
Message-ID: <00cf01c443d8$0aba6080$6396e052_at_ibmthinkpad>

Hi Ron,
A wonderful picture! Thanks for informing us.

Frederic Beroud
www.meteoriteshow.com
IMCA #2491
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From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Close-up Image of Comet NEAT From Kitt
PeakObservatory


>
> http://www.noao.edu/outreach/press/pr04/pr0404.html
>
> National Optical Astronomy Observatory
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
> RELEASE NO: NOAO 04-04
>
> Close-up Image of Comet NEAT From Kitt Peak Observatory
>
> For More Information:
>
> Douglas Isbell
> Public Information Officer
> National Optical Astronomy Observatory
> Phone: 520/318-8214
> E-mail: disbell_at_noao.edu
>
> Images
>
> With links to a page with larger versions.
>
> [Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)]
>
> This image of Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) was taken at the WIYN 0.9-meter
> telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, AZ, on May 7,
2004.
>
> Image Credit: T. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Z. Levay and
> L.Frattare (Space Telescope Science Institute) and WIYN/NOAO/AURA/NSF
>
> This image of Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) was taken at the WIYN 0.9-meter
> telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, AZ, on May 7,
2004.
>
> The image was taken with the Mosaic I camera, which has a one-square
degree
> field of view, or about five times the size of the Moon. Even with this
> large field, only the comet's coma and the inner portion of its tail are
> visible. This color image was assembled by combining images taken through
> blue, green and red filters.
>
> A small star cluster (C0736-105, or Melotte 72) is visible in the lower
> right of the image, between the head of the comet and the bright red star
in
> the lower-right corner.
>
> Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) was discovered on August 24, 2001, by the Near
Earth
> Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) system operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion
> Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
>
> The comet will remain visible for several weeks with binoculars and small
> telescopes just after sunset, high in the western sky.
>
> Image Credit: T. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Z. Levay and
> L.Frattare (Space Telescope Science Institute) and WIYN/NOAO/AURA/NSF
>
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