VLA Observations of Comet Halley: the Brightness Distribution of OH around the Comet
Abstract
A brief summary of the authors' observations conducted with the VLA is presented. Preliminary results of OH imaging efforts are shown. The emission seems concentrated in "clumps", which surround a "hole" at the center. The hole is likely due to a quenching of the OH maser.
- Publication:
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ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet
- Pub Date:
- December 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986ESASP.250a.409D
- Keywords:
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- Brightness Distribution;
- Halley'S Comet;
- Hydroxyl Emission;
- Space Observations (From Earth);
- Emission Spectra;
- Quenching (Atomic Physics);
- Water Masers;
- Astrophysics