19P/Borrelly

This image of Periodic Comet Borrelly was obtained by Jim Scotti on 2001 September 21 with the Spacewatch 36 inch Telescope. The image is 10.8 by 10.7 arcminutes with north at the top and west on the left. Note the elongated coma, broad dust tail to the west and the narrow ion tail to the north of the dust tail. Click on the thumbnail for the full view of the comet.

Last update: September 21, 2001