Sai Krishna D.

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Archives

Top ad unit

Search This Blog

Friday, June 17, 2011

Image Album: Comet Hartley 2 Up Close

By Sai Krishna D.
June 17, 2011

Up Close and Personal
:
A stunning close-up photo of Comet Hartley 2 from the Nov. 4, 2010 flyby performed by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft. This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was captured by the spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Instrument.Up Close and Personal

Round on Both Ends, Thin in the Middle
:
This is another of the first images sent back to Earth from the NASA's EPOXI mission after it flew by Comet Hartley 2 around 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT) on Nov. 4, 2010. Round on Both Ends, Thin in the Middle


Meteors From Comet Hartley 2 Amaze Skywatchers
:
This is how Comet Hartley 2 might appear in the eyepiece of a large amateur telescope. Located about eight degrees (16 full moon diameters) away from the bright star Procyon as it leaves the constellation Gemini, Comet Hartley will be best viewed high in the sky just before dawn.Meteors From Comet Hartley 2 Amaze Skywatchers


Have Instruments, Will Travel
:
An artist's conception illustrates a close-up look at NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft. NASA is now evaluating future uses for this spacecraft. Have Instruments, Will Travel


Get Close
:
This is one of the first images sent back to Earth from the NASA's EPOXI mission after it flew by Comet Hartley 2 around 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT) on Nov. 4, 2010. Get Close


Take 5
:
This image montage shows Comet Hartley 2 as NASA's EPOXI mission approached and flew under the comet. The images progress in time clockwise, starting at top left. Take 5


Q&A With Malcolm Hartley, Discoverer of Comet Hartley 2:
Malcolm Hartley discovered Comet Hartley 2 back in 1986. On Nov. 4, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will make a close flyby of the comet, coming within a mere 435 miles (700 kilometers).Q&A With Malcolm Hartley, Discoverer of Comet Hartley 2


I Can See Your Comet From Here
:
Hubble Space Telescope observations of Comet 103P/Hartley 2, taken on Sept. 25, 2010, are helping in the planning for a Nov. 4 flyby of the comet by the Deep Impact eXtended Investigation (DIXI) on NASA's EPOXI spacecraft.
I Can See Your Comet From Here


Close Flyby of Comet Hartley 2
:
This video shows the view from NASA\'s EPOXI/Deep Impact spacecraft during its flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 4, 2010.

Close Flyby of Comet Hartley 2


Space Pickle? Bowling Pin? Comet Hartley 2 Takes Curious Shape
:
Twelve radar images of the nucleus of Comet Hartley 2, taken by the Arecibo Observatory from Oct. 25 to 27, 2010.

Space Pickle? Bowling Pin? Comet Hartley 2 Takes Curious Shape


Comet Hartley 2 Fires Out Poison Gas as NASA Probe Nears
:
Discovery image of Comet Hartley 2, which Malcolm Hartley found in 1986.
Comet Hartley 2 Fires Out Poison Gas as NASA Probe Nears


Poor Little Greenie
:
Comet Hartley 2 was still too faint to be seen with the unaided eye when it was captured in this photograph at a distance of about 18 million miles from Earth on Sept. 28, 2010 by NASA astronomer Bill Cooke.


Poor Little Greenie


Twin Fireballs May Have Come From Comet Hartley 2
:
These two fireballs with orbits similar to the comet Hartley 2 were observed on Oct. 16. 2010 by cameras in western Ontario (left) and the southeastern USA (right). The fireballs may have been caused by meteors from the comet.


Twin Fireballs May Have Come From Comet Hartley 2


Comet Hartley 2 Gets Visit from Deep Impact Spacecraft
:
NASA's Deep Impact probe took this image of comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 2, 2010, from a distance of 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles). The white blob and the halo around it are the comet's outer cloud of gas and dust, called a coma. At this distance, the spacecraft captures images with a resolution of about 23 kilometers/pixel (14 miles/pixel).


Comet Hartley 2 Gets Visit from Deep Impact Spacecraft


Comet Hartley 2 Encounters The Moon
:
Comet Hartley 2\'s path on the sky makes it appear especially close to the Moon on October 28th 2010.
Comet Hartley 2 Encounters The Moon

No comments:

Post a Comment