First images of a possible CO(+)-tail of Comet P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 observed against the dust coma background

Details First images of a possible CO(+)-tail of Comet P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 observed against the dust coma background First images of a possible CO(+)-tail of Comet P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 observed against the dust coma background

Jul 1992

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 260, no. 1-2, p. 455-464.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Carbon Monoxide, Comet Tails, Cosmic Dust, Schwassmann-Wachmann Comet, Brightness Distribution, Image Analysis

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Images of a possible CO(+) tail of Comet P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 were taken in a red continuum window and in the 2-0 A2Pi - X2Sigma(+) band of CO(+) located in the blue part of the spectrum. The red images reveal an extended dust coma with a brightness decrease in about inverse proportion to the projected distance from the cometary nucleus. The dust content is derived. The blue images, taken in the CO(+) band, show a significantly different brightness distribution which is interpreted as the presence of a CO(+) coma and tail superimposed on the continuum. A column density of several 10 exp 10 CO(+) molecules/sq cm is derived. The CO(+) production rate is estimated to about 6 x 10 exp 26 CO(+) particles/s. The problems associated with the possible identification of this CO(+) tail are assessed, and its consequences are discussed.

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