Observations of Comet Levy (1990c) with the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope

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Sep 1991

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 379, Sept. 20, 1991, p. L37-L40.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Emission Spectra, Okazaki-Levy-Rudenko Comet, Spaceborne Astronomy, Ultraviolet Telescopes, Argon, Astro Missions (Sts), Iue, Neon

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Observations of Comet Levy (1990c) were made with the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope during the Astro-1 Space Shuttle mission on December 10, 1990. The spectrum, covering the wavelength range 415-1850 A at a spectral resolution of 3 A, shows the presence of carbon monoxide and atomic hydrogen, carbon, and sulfur in the coma. Aside from H I Lyman-beta, no cometary features are detected below 1200 A, although cometary O I and O II would be masked by the same emissions present in the day airglow spectrum. The 9.4 x 116 arcsecond aperture corresponds to 12,000 x 148,000 km at the comet. The derived production rate of CO relative to water is 0.11 + or - 0.02, compared with 0.04 + or - 0.01 derived from IUE observations (made in September 1990) which sample a much smaller region of the coma. This suggests the presence of an extended source of CO, as was found in comet Halley. Upper limits on Ne and Ar abundance are within one order of magnitude of solar abundances.

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