NOIRLab noirlab2223: SOAR Telescope Catches Dimorphos’s Expanding Comet-like Tail After DART Impact — NOIRLab-operated SOAR telescope reveals immense trail of debris from collision with asteroid Dimorphos. The SOAR Telescope in Chile, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, imaged the more than 10,000 kilometers long trail of debris blasted from the surface of Dimorphos two days after the asteroid was impacted by NASA’s DART spacecraft.

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SOAR Telescope Catches Dimorphos’s Expanding Comet-like Tail After DART Impact
3 Oct. 2022 — NOIRLab Photo Release noirlab2223

The SOAR Telescope in Chile, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, imaged the more than 10,000 kilometers long trail of debris blasted from the surface of Dimorphos two days after the asteroid was impacted by NASA’s DART spacecraft.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2223/

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3 Oct. 2022




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