# Deep Impact **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989 "2005-07-04T05:11:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ScubaSteve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@ScubaSteve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScubaSteve)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/1 "2005-07-04T05:11:24Z")
In just 25 minutes, the spacecraft is supposed to make contact with the comet Tempel 1. There’s too many lights around here to get a good view so I’ll have to watch it on the internet. Anyone else going to watch it? ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/2 "2005-07-04T05:33:13Z")
I want to…on what site will you be watching? ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/3 "2005-07-04T05:35:38Z")
NASA TV: > **[NASA Television | NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/)** > > NASA Television provides live coverage of launches, spacewalks and other mission events, as well as the latest news briefings, video files, and the This Week @NASA report. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/4 "2005-07-04T05:39:59Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/5 "2005-07-04T05:41:49Z")
It’s on CNN too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/6 "2005-07-04T05:43:03Z")
Impact! Cool pic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/7 "2005-07-04T05:47:24Z")
It’s daylight here, so we couldn’t see anything. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/8 "2005-07-04T05:47:28Z")
Wow! That is just amazing. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/9 "2005-07-04T05:55:35Z")
That was incredible. It was something I am very glad to have seen. I can’t wait to see pictures and hear findings in the days to come. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/10 "2005-07-04T06:09:10Z")
I got irritated by whomever was running the camera, showing the folks in mission control being excited by the images, but **not** showing us any of the images. Still it was cool, looked more like an asteroid than I thought. Can’t wait to see the Hubble pics. ---
**Author:** ![ScubaSteve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@ScubaSteve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScubaSteve)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/11 "2005-07-04T06:13:09Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > I got irritated by whomever was running the camera, showing the folks in mission control being excited by the images, but **not** showing us any of the images. I know what you mean, I was expecting a live feed of what was actually going on up there. Oh well, like you said, I can’t wait until they release the high-res pictures. I’m sure this will give astronomers alot to chew on in the coming days. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/12 "2005-07-04T06:30:04Z")
I was watching down on Waikiki beach. They were putting on a show on the movie screen over at Sunset on the Beach. Watching the sky was interesting but damn, seeing those photos at about 30 feet square was awesome. It was very, very crowded. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/13 "2005-07-04T07:16:28Z")
Still pics can be found [here.](http://www.scotsons-shack.com/dimages.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/14 "2005-07-04T08:34:57Z")
> [@Fern Forest](#): > > I was watching down on Waikiki beach. They were putting on a show on the movie screen over at Sunset on the Beach. Watching the sky was interesting but damn, seeing those photos at about 30 feet square was awesome. > > It was very, very crowded. We took a scope to Bishop Museum, and there were at least 250 people there to watch the impact. It was wall-to-wall blankets on the lawn. Many people brought telescopes, but no one saw the comet. It was clear, except for a few moments when clouds passed over, but neither the comet nor the collision were visible. Quite a disappointment. I should have gone to Sunset on the Beach. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/15 "2005-07-04T08:59:36Z")
Hmm, I guess I didn’t see it either. The sun had just set and stars were popping up left and right. Hard to tell them from the comet. Well, at least I was looking in the right direction. A bunch of people were taking pictures and video of a small star south of Venus. Sunset on the Beach was absolutely crazy though. It was as bad as a big concert at the shell. But the pics were worth it. BTW, cool, another Waikiki doper. I live a few blocks from the Princess Kaiulani statue. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/16 "2005-07-04T19:31:43Z")
I was asleep, so I couldn’t see, but that is extremely cool. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/17 "2005-07-04T20:05:36Z")
[The images](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/multimedia/index.html) are fascinating! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/18 "2005-07-05T02:57:24Z")
[Hubble images](http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02122) and [before and after](http://spaceflightnow.com/deepimpact/050704faulkes.html) pics from a ground based telescope. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/19 "2005-07-05T03:21:47Z")
The sad thing is that we just don’t have any telescopes powerful enough to see much of any detail now that the Deep Impact mothership has flown out of range. The Hubble images are just a pixelated blur, not sure if we’ll ever see the size of the crater left behind. Sure there are instruments that can analyze the ejecta, but I just can’t see getting any more pics. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989/20 "2005-07-05T10:28:33Z")
Do you think its a coincidence that they aimed for an impact date of 4th July? Maybe NASA is providing some extra fireworks for your celebrations. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-impact/310989.md?page=2)