Amateurs and the deep impact mission

Deep Impact scientists are recruiting amateur CCD imagers to complement professional observations of Comet Tempel 1, due to be hit by a NASA projectile in July. The Small Telescope Science Program is the brainchild of Gary Emerson, and avid amateur astronomer and an engineer at Ball Aerospace &...

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Published inSky and telescope Vol. 109; no. 6; pp. 70 - 71
Main Authors Warner, Elizabeth M, Redfern, Greg
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge AAS Sky Publishing, LLC 01.06.2005
F & W Publications, Inc
Subjects
Amateur astronomers
Astronomers
Astronomers, Amateur
Astronomy
Comets
Employment
Industry hiring
Observations
Recruiting
Spacecraft
Surveillance
Television equipment industry
Tempel 1 comet
United States
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Summary:Deep Impact scientists are recruiting amateur CCD imagers to complement professional observations of Comet Tempel 1, due to be hit by a NASA projectile in July. The Small Telescope Science Program is the brainchild of Gary Emerson, and avid amateur astronomer and an engineer at Ball Aerospace & Technology Corporation, which built the Deep Impact spacecraft. Warner and Redfern details their planning of surveillance of the comet before, during, and after Deep Impact's collision.
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ISSN:0037-6604