30 June 05
Eyes On A Comet
At 5:52:12 GMT on July 4th, plus or minus 10 seconds, the space probe Deep Impact will slam into the comet 9P/Tempel 1, currently at a modest 10th magnitude in brightness. No one knows what we’ll see, but it’s possible a flash from the impact may be visible in a medium-sized telescope. It should be worth getting mine out for the event.
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