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- sl03302b.gif
- This is an image obtained with the 0.91-meter Spacewatch Telescope
- of the University of Arizona Observatories on Kitt Peak in Arizona by Jim
- Scotti, on 1993 March 30 at a mid-time of 07:26:13 UT. The total
- integration time was 440 seconds. North is to the right and East is at
- the top with the frame label properly displayed in the top left corner of
- the border. The field of view is 9.2 arcminutes square. Note the various
- structures visible in this image. Namely, the train of individual nuclei
- aligned along a position angle of 77 to 257 degrees. Approximately 11
- nuclei are visible in this image of the train, spread out over 51
- arcseconds (or about 170,000 kilometers). A tail extends from each of the
- nuclei approximately 1 arcminute towards p.a. 285 degrees, with a brighter
- component extending from the brightest nucleus out to about 1.2
- arcminutes. Dust trails extend more than 10 arcminutes in p.a. 260
- degrees and 6 arcminutes in p.a. 75 degrees. Notice also that the
- southern margin of the dust trails is relatively sharp while the northern
- margin is more diffuse. This may be due to smaller particles being blown
- off by the solar wind.
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