IRAS Observations and Photometry of Comet 9P/Tempel 1

IRAS Observations and Photometry of Comet 9P/Tempel 1


This data set collection contains IRAS images and photometry of comet 9P/Tempel 1, the target of the Deep Impact Mission. Russell Walker reprocessed IRAS Additional (Pointed) Observations and Survey Scans acquired during the comet's 1983 apparition and produced in-band radiance images, noise maps, and photometry tables. This collection also includes images from the ISSA Reject File that show the dust trail of the comet. The Trail images were not processed but were included for future reference and analysis.

This is a preliminary review of in-band radiance images, noise maps, photometry tables, and associated labels for Additional Observations and Survey Scans. Labels for the Trail images are also available for review. Catalog files describing the data sets, the IRAS mission, and the Focal Plane Array detector are included. Also, documents describing Russ Walker's image processing and photometry methods are provided.


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