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Wide-Field Imaging of Halley’s Comet During 1985-1986 Using Schmidt-Type Telescopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J.C. Brandt ,
D.A. Klinglesmith III ,
M.B. Niedner Jr.  and
J. Rahe
J.C. Brandt
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
D.A. Klinglesmith III
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
M.B. Niedner Jr.
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
J. Rahe
Affiliation:
Remeis Sternwarte, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bamberg, FRG

Abstract

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Photographic imaging of the plasma- and dust-tails of bright comets requires fast (f<4.0), wide-field (F0V>5°) optics for the proper recording of these large, low surface brightness features. Schmidts and astrographs are well-suited to this task and a large number of these instruments around the world will be turned toward Halley's Comet in 1985-1986 in support of the Large-Scale Phenomena Discipline of the International Halley Watch (IHW). This “worldwide network” should provide imagery with a time resolution never before realized in the study of a comet, and major breakthroughs in the understanding of highly-variable, elusive plasma processes in comets are expected. The imagery will also provide support for the GIOTTO, VEGA, AND PLANET-A deep space probes to the comet.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 78: Astronomy with Schmidt-type telescopes , 1984 , pp. 233 - 235
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984

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