Open AccessResearchers request collaborative observations of Hale‐Bopp
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Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/97eo00191
Subject(s) - comet , space shuttle , jet propulsion , sublimation (psychology) , physics , astronomy , aerospace engineering , meteorology , remote sensing , astrobiology , geology , engineering , psychotherapist , psychology
In August, during the flight of mission 85 of the Space Shuttle (STS‐85), NASA and the Southwest Research Institute, along with scientific collaborators from Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Applied Physics Laboratory, and the University of Maryland will be flying a wide‐field UV imager to observe comet Hale‐Bopp. The primary objectives of the Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System (SWUIS) Hale‐Bopp Imaging Experiment are to obtain image sequences of Hale‐Bopp to study its coma and tail morphology and its response to solar wind conditions during the scientifically interesting, classical H 2 O‐sublimation turnoff phase as the comet moves outbound beyond 2 AU. Observations are scheduled on 4 days during the 11‐day STS‐85 mission; each observation period will last approximately 3 hours and should garner ñ10 5 images in up to 6 filter bandpasses.