[meteorite-list] Deep Impact from Earth

From: tracy latimer <daistiho_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jul 5 03:19:40 2005
Message-ID: <BAY102-F25B60097C02259B5537DACCAE60_at_phx.gbl>

Due to irritating cloud cover, Maui's amateur astronomers didn't see
anything, at least not that I knew about. A horde of people were at Maui
Community College (500+, I estimate), 10,000 watching big screens on Waikiki
Beach, and another herd in Kamuela, where Keck is based, watching the NASA
feed and live broadcast from our telescopes on Haleakala and the Big Island.
  There was a rafter-shaking cheer when it was confirmed that Deep Impact
hit its target.

Tracy Latimer

>From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
>To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Deep Impact from Earth
>Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 15:08:23 -0700 (PDT)
>
> >
> > Any word yet on wherther Earth based "mere mortal" back-yard telescope
>observers were able to make
> > out any sign of the impact?
>
>Rosetta, Hubble, and XMM saw the impact, and I'm sure some amateurs saw it
>as
>well. The ejecta from the impact was a lot bigger than most people
>expected,
>including myself. I was up until 4AM last night.
>
>Ron Baalke
>Deep Impact Navigation Team
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