Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999aas...194.1503d&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 194th AAS Meeting, #15.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31, p.848
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
High spectral resolution observations of Comet Hale-Bopp [C I] 9850A emission were obtained at the NSO McMath-Pierce main telescope on 13 nights during 1997 March 9 to 10 and April 7 to 19. Spectra with good signal-to-noise were obtained using a dual- etalon 50mm Fabry-Perot spectrometer (R 40,000) with a 6 arcmin field of view. The comet was observed over a 0.92-1.00 AU range of heliocentric distances. Most observations were centered on the comet nucleus where the surface brightness ranged from about 70 to 170 Rayleighs. Several observations were also centered approximately 5 arcmin sunward and tailward of the comet nucleus. The sunward [C I] emission was fainter than the tailward emission. Assuming that CO photodissociation is the source of cometary C(1D) (and neglecting quenching), for a surface brightness of 120 Rayleighs, we estimate a (lower limit) CO production rate of about 2x10(30) per sec. These [C I] observationsare the first extensive set reported for this cometary emission line.
Doane Nathaniel E.
Harris Walter M.
Hilton George M.
Morgenthaler Jeffrey P.
Oliversen Ronald James
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