Hubble captures Deep Impact's collision with a comet (view 12 minutes after impact)

Esahubble_heic0509c_1024

esahubble_heic0509c July 4th, 2005

Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), and H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab)

This image shows that just 12 minutes after the collision, the innermost coma of dust appears 10 times brighter than in the pre-impact photo. The impact caused a brilliant flash of light and a constant increase in the brightness of the inner cloud of dust.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0509c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Comet 9P Tempel 1
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Comet > Coma

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Esahubble_heic0509c_1280
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ID
heic0509c
Subject Category
A.2.2.2  
Subject Name
Comet 9P, Tempel 1
Credits
NASA, ESA, P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), and H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab)
Release Date
2005-07-04T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0509c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
V
Central Wavelength
606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0509c
Metadata Date
2005-07-07T09:14:12-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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