PIA02114: Less Than Three Days Away!
This image shows comet Tempel 1 as seen through the clear filter of the medium resolution imager camera on NASA's Deep Impact. It was taken on July 1, 2005.
 Target Name:  Tempel 1
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Deep Impact 
 Spacecraft:  Deep Impact
 Instrument:  Medium Resolution Instrument (MRI) 
 Product Size:  512 x 512 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  University of Maryland 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02114.tif (262.6 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02114.jpg (17.8 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This image shows comet Tempel 1 as seen through the clear filter of the medium-resolution camera on NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft. It was taken on July 1, 2005, when the spacecraft was 2,446,529.1 kilometers (1,520,273 miles) away from the comet. Five images were combined together, and a logarithmic stretch was applied to enhance the coma of the comet.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Image Addition Date:
2005-07-01