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.