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PIA07878: Wild Duck Cluster
Target Name: M11
Mission: Deep Impact
Spacecraft: Deep Impact
Instrument: Impactor Target Sensor Camera
Product Size: 1000 samples x 1000 lines
Produced By: JPL
Full-Res TIFF: PIA07878.tif (1.001 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA07878.jpg (102.3 kB)

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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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