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Old 01-07-2005, 02:12 PM
Dave
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Deep Impact - Aussie Time Schedule

Here is the Australian East Coast time for the 'Deep Impact' event plus links to view it on the internet.

The spacecraft should arrive at the comet Tempel 1 on July 4 about 4pm our time (AEST.)

The Visitor Center at Kitt Peak National Observatory plans to offer a live feed of the encounter between NASA's Deep Impact mission and Comet Tempel 1 running about an hour before the planned impact. though about 45 minutes afterward.

The feed will consist of still images of the distant comet, and a frequently updated movie assembled from the individual frames. Each frame will consist of a 30-second exposure taken with an electronic CCD imager attached to the 20-inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope in the Kitt Peak Visitor Centre observatory.

The comet feed from Kitt Peak will be available on the Internet at: www.noao.edu/news/deep-impact

Watch NASA TV on the internet: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
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