Spectrophotometric observations of Comet Bowell /1980b/
Abstract
Spectra of Comet Bowell (1980b) were obtained at a heliocentric distance of 7.17 AU by the use of the Kitt Peak National Observatory Intensified Image-Dissector Scanner on the 2.1-m telescope on April 16, 1980. The comet had a halo at least 12 arcsec across and yet, the spectrum shows no molecular emission. This indicates the comet was extremely active.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- December 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1086/130763
- Bibcode:
- 1980PASP...92..854C
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Comets;
- Molecular Spectra;
- Spectrophotometry;
- Emission Spectra;
- Halos;
- Image Dissector Tubes;
- Telescopes;
- Astrophysics