Hi Ron, A wonderful picture! Thanks for informing us. Frederic Beroud www.meteoriteshow.com IMCA #2491 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 6:14 PM 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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 > > :: :: :: > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
