Hubble captures Deep Impact's collision with a comet (view 88 minutes after impact)

Esahubble_heic0509e_1024

esahubble_heic0509e July 4th, 2005

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

The expansion of the comet debris cloud continues.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0509e/

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

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Esahubble_heic0509e_1280
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ID
heic0509e
Subject Category
A.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/heic0509e/
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
heic0509e
Metadata Date
2005-07-07T09:14:53-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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