A 40.6-cm Newtonian telescope was interfaced to the Fabry-Perot interferometer at the Arecibo Observatory to make high-spectral-resolution measurements of Comet Halley emissions at 6562.72 A (H-alpha) and 6300.3 A (O I). The atomic hydrogen outflow velocity was found to be approximately 7.9 + or - 1.0 km/s. In general, the H-alpha spectra are highly structured, and indicative of a multiple component atomic hydrogen velocity distribution. For O (1D), implied production rates of 6.44 + or - 3.0 x 10 to the 28th/s and 5.66 + or - 2.7 x 10 to the 28th/s were found on March 15 and 17, respectively.


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    Title :

    High spectral resolution Fabry-Perot interferometer measurements of Comet Halley at H-alpha and 6300 A


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    1985-01-01



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    English


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