| Isophotes of suspected star (originally thought to be Temple1). Looking at the generated isophotes, there is little evidence of any coma. Although there *does*appear to be elongation in one direction, this is almost certainly due to blooming. Looking at http://deepimpact.umd.edu/stsp/imgDetail.cfm?oid=681&iid=2233 makes me think we've actually imaged the bright star in the bottom right of the image shown at the above URL...probably the pointing accuracy on our 'scope needs refining. http://deepimpact.umd.edu/stsp/search_action.cfm has more pre & post collision images taken of the (very dim!) comet. (#8/25, ) |
