Structural features of the tail of Comet Halley using results from observations in Cuba in 1986
Abstract
A calibrated system of isophotes of Comet Halley near perihelion is obtained during the processing of photographic observation of Comet Halley taken in 1986 in Cuba. Dependences of the variations in the maximal elongation of the isophotes and the size of the cometary head are plotted. A symmetry of the cut-off of the comet tail relative to the perihelion is observed.
- Publication:
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Astronomicheskii Vestnik
- Pub Date:
- December 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989AVest..23..324N
- Keywords:
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- Comet Tails;
- Halley'S Comet;
- Astronomical Photography;
- Comet Heads;
- Isophotes;
- Perihelions;
- Astronomy