International Halley Watch Volumes 25 and 26 Available at NSSDC
Spacecraft Encounters with Halley
The final two volumes, 25 and 26, of the International Halley
Watch CD-ROM set are now available at NSSDC. These volumes
contain the images and data acquired by the various spacecraft
sent to rendezvous with comets P/Halley and P/Giacobini-Zinner.
The earlier 24 volumes contained remote data only. The spacecraft
represented on these volumes are Giotto, Sakigake, Suisei,
Vega 1, Vega 2, and ICE. A
detailed list
of the experiments and data covered on these two volumes is
also available. The images at the top of the page show Vega 1,
Giotto, and Vega 2 images, respectively, of Halley's Comet.
These and other
images of comet Halley
from the CD-ROMs are available.
The volumes are sold together as a set. Volume 25 contains selected
measurements and images of comet P/Halley from the
Giotto
, the
Suisei
, and the
Sakigake
missions spanning 3 - 15 March 1986.
Volume 26 holds measurements and images of P/Halley from the
VEGA 1
and
VEGA 2
missions spanning 27 February to 10 March, 1986, and of P/Giacobini-Zinner
from the
ICE (ISEE-3)
mission, 8 - 14 September, 1985. A User's Guide is included in the set.
Images and tables on the disk are archived in the Flexible Image
Transport System (FITS) format. The images can be retrieved on
DOS machines using the
IMDISP
software, and on Macintosh using the FITS
Browser
shareware, both available online at NSSDC. The IHW CD-ROMs were
assembled under the auspices of the
PDS Small Bodies Node at the University of Maryland.
On-line access to the CD-ROMs
is available there.
Giotto image of Halley taken on 13 March 1986
Contents of Volumes 25 and 26
- Index of the data and images on the CD's.
A sample of images from the IHW CD-ROMs
Detailed information from the CD-ROMs
More information on the CD-ROM data set
- NSSDC Master Catalog
International Halley Watch CD-ROM set
- Information on the full set from the CD-ROM catalog
Comets and Asteroids page
- Information and links to other information on Comets
Comet Fact Sheet
- Data on Comets, including Halley and Giacobini-Zinner
On-line access to some of the CD-ROMs - at the PDS Small Bodies Node
CD-ROM Order Form - To order these or other CD-ROMs from NSSDC
NSSDC CD-ROM Catalog - Other data available on CD-ROM from NSSDC
Asteroids and Comets page
Author/Curator:
Dr. David R. Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov
NSSDC, Mail Code 690.1
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
+1-301-286-1258
NASA Official: Ed Grayzeck, edwin.j.grayzeck@nasa.gov
Last Updated: 11 April 2005, DRW