Faulkes Telescope Images
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Faulkes Telescope Images
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| The Faulkes Telescope North can clearly see the expanding ejecta in the coma. Attached is an image obtained by dividing an R-band image obtained at 08:35 UT by one at 06:24 UT. Positive (bright) pixels show the enhancement in R-band brightness in the inner coma at 08:35 UT. Image size is 85x62 arcsec, the apparent enhancement has a maximum brightness 2.5 arcsec from the center of the comet. Image courtesy of A. Fitzimmons and the Maui Deep Impact Students and Educators | |||||||||
| These images were taken by Hawaii high school students, collaborating with other students from Great Britain and Iceland. The image field of view is 5.7 arcminutes square | |||||||||
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| These three images were taken at the Faulkes Telescope North at Haleakala Observatory (Maui, Hawaii) through a R-band filter. Exposure time is 20 seconds for each image. Image were scaled to give the same background sky brightness. The increase of luminosity seen in centre is real. The exposures start times were 05:50:21.5UT (before impact), 05:58:47.7UT and 06:05:26.6UT (after impact). Images courtesy of A Fitzimmons and the Maui Deep Impact Students and Educators | |||||||||