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Ray Structure - Halley's Comet Target Name: Comet Halley Produced by: NASA/JPL Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy Date Released: March 19, 1986 The document "Halley's Comet" contains additional information related to this image. Name Type Width x Height Size halray.gif GIF 1280 x 1286 1M An example of the ray structure of Halley was captured on March 19, 1986, at the Mount Wilson/Las Campanas Observatories. This 10 minute exposure was recorded at the focus of the 100 inch telescope on Las Camapanas in Chile. The close up image, covering the inner 1 degree of the comet, shows a prolonged radius vector extending to the left.

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