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On April 7, 2005, the Deep Impact spacecraft's Impactor Target Sensor
camera recorded this image of M11, the Wild Duck cluster, a galactic open
cluster located 6 thousand light years away. The camera is located on the
impactor spacecraft, which will image comet Tempel 1 beginning 22 hours
before impact until about 2 seconds before impact. Impact with comet
Tempel 1 is planned for July 4, 2005.
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NASA/JPL
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