Comet levy
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has observed the inner core surrounding the icy nucleus of Comet Levy more clearly than can be done with ground-based telescopes
The image was taken September 27th with the HST's Wide Field and PlanetaryCamera, when the comet was at a distance of about 160,000,000 kilometers (100,000,000 miles) from Earth.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Comet Levy |
Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet |
Category: | Solar System |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Infrared I |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC1 |