obby Posted July 1 Report Share Posted July 1 For those astronomy freaks like me.http://space.com/scienceastronomy/050701_deep_impact_web.htmlWatch Deep Impact's Comet Collision Via Webcast By Tariq MalikStaff Writerposted: 1 July 20057:00 a.m. ETYou don’t have to be a scientist to grab a front row seat when the NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft bears down on a comet between July 3 and 4. Live webcasts of the event will be provided by NASA and several observatories, large and small, to offer skywatchers a digital view to the cometary collision. NASA’s Deep Impact mission is slated to crash an 820-pound (371-kilogram) Impactor probe into Comet Tempel 1 and record the event via a Flyby mothership, orbital observatories like the Hubble and Spitzer space telescope, and a myriad of ground-based telescopes from around the world. The impact is expected to take place at 1:52 a.m. EDT (0552 GMT) on July 4. Here’s a handy list to track Deep Impact’s progress on the web:NASA has arranged to webcast a series of press briefings leading up to Deep Impact’s crash day, and will provide live mission coverage between July 3 and 4 on NASA TV. Click here to access SPACE.com’s feed of NASA TV. A schedule of NASA TV broadcasts can be found here. The Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona will provide a live webcast of the collision beginning about an hour before the comet collision. Click here to tap into the webcast.In Bathurst, Australia, astronomers with the Charles Stuart University’s Remote Telescope will broadcast live Deep Impact observations from sunset to midnight local time. The remote telescope can be accessed here.Atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, the W.M. Keck Observatory will post near-real time images of Deep Impact’s Tempel 1 crash here as seen through a Celestron 11-inch CGE telescope.In Sonora, Mexico, the Carl Sagan Observatory will offer a live webcast in Spanish, and also contains some feature video on comets and the Deep Impact mission. Click here to visit the observatory’s webcast. Have a satellite television link? If so, you can listen in the European Space Agency’s pre-comet crash features on the Deep Impact mission, as well as a live broadcast of crash day itself, via ESA Television. Coordinates and programming information can be found by clicking here.While the above links are free to the public, the subscription service Slooh.com will also offer a live webcast Deep Impact’s comet crash. In addition to live webcasts, Deep Impact mission scientists have set up image cache where both professional and amateur astronomers can post their own observations of Comet Tempel 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyrik Posted July 1 Report Share Posted July 1 Good call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raincry Posted July 1 Report Share Posted July 1 cool....i'm an anatomy freak myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeysotu Posted July 1 Report Share Posted July 1 Sounds like a bad sci-fi movie! July 4th, Comets, First time to attempt a Space collision, Fireworks....NOT GOOD! Let's just hope that none of that debris comes flying towards us cause I'm sure we have all seen some sort of movie that this resembles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obby Posted July 1 Author Report Share Posted July 1 Sounds like a bad sci-fi movie! July 4th, Comets, First time to attempt a Space collision, Fireworks....NOT GOOD! Let's just hope that none of that debris comes flying towards us cause I'm sure we have all seen some sort of movie that this resembles.83 million miles away from earth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerclaw Posted July 1 Report Share Posted July 1 It's funny how they named this after a movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orisha Posted July 1 Report Share Posted July 1 cool....i'm an anatomy freak myself you luv hot bods? You should have your man give you an anatomy lesson in braille. The 333 million dollars funding this really should go into education. At the rate this country is going, one of these days no one will be smart enough to train to be an astronomer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funketeer Posted July 2 Report Share Posted July 2 cool....i'm an anatomy freak myself I like studying celestial bodies, does that make me an astronomer...or just a pervert? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffy1 Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 where's dr jack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcarlosf Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 cool....i'm an anatomy freak myself oh werd i like t&a also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funketeer Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 is this thing going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisette325 Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 yes it happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orisha Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 The photos don't show much... but still, cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obby Posted July 5 Author Report Share Posted July 5 Check out the pics and vids here:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html http://www.space.com/deepimpact/Those who want 24/7 access to NASA'a press conferences:Right Click and Save HereSome pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philippio Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 If it was Tiesto's comet, the inside would be filled with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funketeer Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 Let me put forward this proposition: What if by puncturing the asteroid and letting all that gas escape, the asteroid changed its curse and came crashing straight onto Miami Beach??? What if??? What if??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howienewport Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 Now that we've accomplished this, I think we should pick one out and use a "groundhog" nuke on it. Just because we can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philippio Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 Let me put forward this proposition: What if by puncturing the asteroid and letting all that gas escape, the asteroid changed its curse and came crashing straight onto Miami Beach??? What if??? What if??? I thought it was a comet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raincry Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 you luv hot bods? You should have your man give you an anatomy lesson in braille. I like studying celestial bodies, does that make me an astronomer...or just a pervert? a perverted astronomer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funketeer Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 a perverted astronomer...I got my telescope ready! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funketeer Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 I thought it was a comet? smart ass-teroid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funketeer Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 Now that we've accomplished this, I think we should pick one out and use a "groundhog" nuke on it. Just because we can.Yup...and create thousand of little comets so that we can get showered with that shit and die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obby Posted July 5 Author Report Share Posted July 5 Let me put forward this proposition: What if by puncturing the asteroid and letting all that gas escape, the asteroid changed its curse and came crashing straight onto Miami Beach??? What if??? What if??? Russian Astrologer Sues NASA Over Comet http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050705/D8B578DG0.htmlJul 5, 7:51 AM (ET)(AP) In this photo released by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/University of Maryland, the Tempel 1 comet...Full Image MOSCOW (AP) - NASA's mission that sent a space probe smashing into a comet raised more than cosmic dust - it also brought a lawsuit from a Russian astrologer.Marina Bai has sued the U.S. space agency, claiming the Deep Impact probe that punched a crater into the comet Tempel 1 late Sunday "ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe," the newspaper Izvestia reported Tuesday. A Moscow court has postponed hearings on the case until late July, the paper said.The probe's comet crash sent up a cloud of debris that scientists hope to examine to learn how the solar system was formed.Bai is seeking damages totaling 8.7 billion rubles ($300 million) - the approximate equivalent of the mission's cost - for her "moral sufferings," Izvestia said, citing her lawyer Alexander Molokhov. She earlier told the paper that the experiment would "deform her horoscope."NASA representatives in Russia could not immediately be reached for comment.Scientists say the crash did not significantly alter the comet's orbit around the sun and said the experiment does not pose any danger to Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raincry Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 I got my telescope ready! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcodavalos Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 http://www.pbs.org/perl/media.cgir?t=w&f=virage/newshour/pbsnh070405_220k.asf&s=658906&e=1107588&extn=.asx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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