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Hubble images of Deep Impact collision
By trnabt, Section Ask SciScoop Posted on Wed Jul 06, 2005 at 12:48:01 AM PST
Why aren't they more detailed?

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.

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