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Hi Anita,

I can't remember if I reported anything before, but at any rate I didn't
have the details I do now:

Our event will start a 5:30 pm and go until 10 pm that evening. We will have
planetarium programs (Rendezvous With a Comet), Starlab, space activities,
crafts and food. We have been in contact with UH Institute for
Astronomy--they will be sending speakers that evening who will give lectures
and commentary during the event. We have volunteers from the local astronomy
society (Hawaiian Astronomical Society) who will be bringing their
telescopes(and hopefully we'll get to see SOMEthing here in the middle of
the city). We are still working on NASA TV. Here in the islands our local
cable company does not show NASA-TV (although they can get it, they don't
bother showing it) but we think DISH-TV can provide it. However, we don't
have a system here and are working to get funding or donations.

Anyway, that's about it! We expect a good crowd.

Carolyn


on 5/11/05 12:42 PM, Anita M. Sohus at [log in to unmask] wrote:

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> NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is closing in on Comet Tempel 1,
> counting down to a July 3/4 collision that will excavate a sizable
> crater in the comet's nucleus.  The Impactor spacecraft will be
> returning pictures up until the moment of impact, while the Flyby
> spacecraft stands off at a safe distance to watch the show.  How cool
> is that??  The crater and the material ejected from the impact will
> give scientists their first look inside a comet to learn more about
> what comets are made of, where they came from, and how they formed.
> Telescopes around--and above--the world will be trained on the comet.
> 
> The Deep Impact education team will send the latest information and
> multimedia materials to those who can/will use it. If you are
> planning a public or educational event for the Deep Impact cratering
> event with Comet Tempel 1, please send a note with your contact info
> and event info to [log in to unmask]
> 
> The mission website is at http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov; be sure to
> check out the Education and  Discovery Zone pages for comet
> activities.  Also check out the amateur astronomers site at
> http://deepimpact.umd.edu/amateur/ for information on how to observe
> the comet before and after the impact--astronomers predict the comet
> will brighten by several magnitude as a result of the impact.
> 
> Below is an abbreviated timeline of the impact and events leading up
> to it, as we know it at this time. I'm time-challenged, so everything
> is listed in my time zone, Pacific Daylight Time:
> 
> June 9 Press briefing on NASA TV,  followed by live shots.
> 
> By June 15, Deep Impact may be able to release an image per day.
> 
> By June 28, the comet's nucleus may be visible in the images.
> 
> July 1, Press briefing on NASA TV at 10 a.m. PDT
> 
> July 2, Impactor is released 24 hours before impact. An image will be
> taken by the Impactor spacecraft every 2 hours until 12 hours before
> Impact. Seven hours before impact, an image will be taken every hour.
> Three hours before impact, an image will be taken every 30 minutes.
> Images will start coming faster and faster until impact. Not clear
> yet if the early images will be on NASA TV, but we hope so.
> 
> July 3 Press briefing on NASA TV at 10 a.m. PDT
> 
> July 3, 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. PDT, NASA TV commentary
> 
> July 3, 10:52 p.m. PDT (5:52 UT), moment of impact
> 
> July 4, there may be a 1 a.m. PDT "reaction" TV piece  (interviews
> with management, science team members)
> 
> July 4, 1 a.m. PDT, live shots on NASA TV
> 
> July 4, Press briefing on NASA TV at 10 a.m. PDT
> 
> A movie from actual images is also planned to be available by
> mid-morning July 4.  Imagery from telescopes around and above the
> world (Hubble-visible, Chandra x-ray, Spitzer infrared) will be
> released as soon as they are available.
> 
> --Anita

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