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The dust tail of comet P/Halley in April 1986

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Exploration of Halley’s Comet

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Images of the dust tail of comet Halley were obtained with the ESO wide-field CCD camera during April 1986 with the Johnson B, V and R filters in polarized light. An analysis of selected images taken on April 6 and 11, processed for photometric analysis, is presented. Results are given for the absolute brightness, the color, the polarization and its variation with wavelength.

Based on observations made at European Southern Observatory

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 103980, D-6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    P. L. Lamy

  2. European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile

    H. Pedersen & R. Vio

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  1. P. L. Lamy
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  1. Astronomisches Institut der Universität, Keplerstraße 17, D-7400, Tübingen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Michael Grewing

  2. Observatoire de Meudon, F-92195, Meudon Principal Cedex, France

    Françoise Praderie

  3. Space Science Department of ESA/ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, NL-2201 AZ, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

    Rüdeger Reinhard

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Lamy, P.L., Pedersen, H., Vio, R. (1988). The dust tail of comet P/Halley in April 1986. In: Grewing, M., Praderie, F., Reinhard, R. (eds) Exploration of Halley’s Comet. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82971-0_119

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