Comets in full sky Lalpha maps of the SWAN instrument. I. Survey from 1996 to 1998

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Mar 2001

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.368, p.292-297 (2001)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Data Analysis, Surveys, Comets, Ultraviolet: Solar System

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The SWAN instrument onboard the SOHO spacecraft is a Lyman alpha scanning photometer cabable of mapping the whole sky with 1degr resolution. Since January 1996 the instrument has produced on average three full sky maps a week with the principal scientific objective of observing the distribution of heliospheric neutral hydrogen. In addition, these systematic observations are a valuable source for studying comets brighter than a visual magnitude of 7-11, the observing limit depending on the abundance ratios of produced radicals and the location of the comet relative to the galactic plane. When the data before the temporary loss of control of SOHO at the end of June 1998 were processed, altogether 18 comets were positively identified, of which one is a new discovery and another 5 can be detected on SWAN images before their actual discovery date. This demonstrates the feasibility of SWAN as an instrument for cometary surveys. The observations are used to estimate the water production rates of the detected comets near their perihelion passages.

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