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Hubble images of Deep Impact collision

SpaceExploration Tuesday, July 5, 2005 . This is a SciScoop post by trnabt

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I’m really not familiar with the astronomy world, but I have (a most likely) stupid observation/question:
The Hubble telescope, which has since given us unseen clarity in footage deep into the cosmos, observed the recent collision of the Deep Impact craft. All images of the impact taken by the Hubble I can find at the BBC and elsewhere are of extremely low resolution. Is there a simple explanation for why we can’t see more detailed images of the crash taken from the Hubble? Thanks much.

1 Response to Hubble images of Deep Impact collision

hank

August 14th, 2005 at 12:47 pm

Probably because Deep Impact was a brief event; the deep space photos use extremely long time exposures to acquire detail.
Just guessing.

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