Wild Duck Cluster
Caption:
On April 7, 2005, the Deep Impact spacecraft's Impactor Target Sensor camera recorded this image of M11, the Wild Duck cluster, a galactic open cluster located 6 thousand light years away. The camera is located on the impactor spacecraft, which will image comet Tempel 1 beginning 22 hours before impact until about 2 seconds before impact. Impact with comet Tempel 1 is planned for July 4, 2005.
Cataloging Keywords:
Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
Target |
9P/Tempel |
|
System |
Periodic Comets |
|
Target Type |
Comet |
|
Mission |
Deep Impact |
|
Instrument Host |
Deep Impact |
|
Host Type |
Impactor |
|
Instrument |
Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS) |
|
Detector |
|
|
Extra Keywords |
Grayscale, Impact |
Acquisition Date |
|
Release Date |
2005-04-26 |
Date in Caption |
2005-04-07 |
2005-07-04 |
Image Credit |
NASA/JPL |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07878 |
Identifier |
PIA07878 |