SMART-1 impact dust cloud
Wed Sep 6, 2006 at 19:17 UTC
Analysis of images obtained at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope by Christian Veillet have revealed a plume of debris thrown up when SMART-1 imapcted the lunar surface.
The observation were made with the WIRCam wide-field infrared camera with 10s exposure time througha an H2 narrow-band filter at 2122 nanometers with a 32 nanometers bandwidth. Each image is approximately 2'x 2', equating to 200 km x 200 km.
Image Credit: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope / 2006
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Source: CFTH SMART-1 Impact Observation.
