Live Feed of Deep Impact - NASA vs Asteroid
I am hoping to make it to the Moore Observatory at Columbia Basin College with the Tri-City Astronomy Club on Sunday evening, July 3rd, to watch the NASA Deep Impact spacecraft plow into Comet Tempel 1. It is anticipated that ice and dust debris will be ejected and will reveal fresh comet material and that sunlight reflecting off the ejected material will provide a dramatic brightening that will slowly fade as the debris dissipates into space or falls back onto the comet.
Spacewriter.com passed along info that Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona will be offering a live feed of the Deep Impact on the internet. The comet feed from Kitt Peak currently shows the most recent image of Comet Tempel 1 and an animation of the most recent images of the comet.
The Amateur Observers’ Program has good information for everyone, from beginers to pros. You can also visit the mission’s web sites at deepimpact.umd.edu and www.nasa.gov/deepimpact.
Disappointing attempt to see the impact. The comet was not visible from the Observatory. It was a great setup they had with a video setup so everyone could view where the impact was supposed to happen.
Comment by Gary Paulson — July 4, 2005 @ 12:32 am