Hubble captures Deep Impact's collision with a comet (view 12 minutes after impact)
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.
Credit:About the Image
| Id: | heic0509c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 4 July 2005, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0509 |
| Size: | 846 x 846 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Comet 9P, Tempel 1 |
| Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Coma |
| Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |