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IHW COMET HALLEY AMATEUR VISUAL MAGNITUDES V1.0

Metadata Updated: April 11, 2025

NASA's International Halley Watch (IHW) has created a Comet Halley Archive. The collection of data spans the full wavelength range as submitted by scientists to the IHW. The observations belong to one of the following Disciplines: Amateur, Astrometry, Infrared Studies, Large-Scale Phenomena, Meteor Studies, Near-Nucleus Studies, Photometry and Polarimetry, Radio Studies, and Spectroscopy and Spectrophotometry. The data collected by these nine disciplines were augmented by Spacecraft measurements. The data were submitted to IHW, but the evaluation and selection for the Archive has been the primary responsibility of the Discipline Specialist Teams for each network in cooperation with the Lead Center. The Amateur Observation Network archived 11641 measurements of Halley's comet. Even though most observers adhered to guidelines established by the IHW, visual magnitudes are highly subjective depending on the technique of each observer and may vary with the quality of the instrument used (e.g., binoculars vs. telescope). These magnitude estimates cover the date range from 1985 January 23 through 1988 February 23.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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https://pds.nasa.gov

Dates

Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
Metadata Updated Date April 11, 2025
Data Update Frequency irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
Metadata Updated Date April 11, 2025
Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Maintainer
Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.ihw-c-amvis-2-rdr-halley-v1.0_wqrk-rdsh
Data First Published 2021-05-21
Data Last Modified 2025-04-01
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency irregular
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=IHW-C-AMVIS-2-RDR-HALLEY-V1.0
License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
Program Code 026:005
Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
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Source Hash b1ada115ce01465c1a98027f28094bfd420f0e526d1adfb28f111f8ae46d7287
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