Impact on Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Update, first European images

These are the first pictures of the impact received by European observers of the Deep Impact encounter.
They were taken by the Faulkes Telescope in Maui, Hawaii (Faulkes Telescope North), which was ideally placed to observe the impact which took place around 07:52 CEST on 4 July.
These images show impact and the flare growing as material is thrown out from the comet. The plume appears to be brightening the nucleus by a factor of approximately ten.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news4920.html">Impact on Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Update, first European images</a></p> <p> These are the first pictures of the impact received by European observers of the Deep Impact encounter. <br>They were taken by the Faulkes Telescope in Maui, Hawaii (Faulkes Telescope North), which was ideally placed to observe the impact which took place around 07:52 CEST on 4 July. <br>These images show impact and the flare growing as material is thrown out from the comet. The plume appears to be brightening the nucleus by a factor of approximately ten.</p>