Blowing up a comet for the 4th of July (II)

The best 2 ways to follow the event:

******(1) WAY ONE - Join me at...

starting 06:30 AM :-)))


Location1: (map, zoom in and out as you like)

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=38.77820&longitude=-9.11400


Location2: (aerial photo, zoom in and out as you like)

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=lisbon+portugal&ll=38.77820,-9.11400&spn=0.005300,0.007124&t=k&hl=en


Location3: (coordinates)

38.77820N 9.11400W (WGS-84)


Location4: (address)

IGeoE - Instituto Geográfico do Exército
( Call: Ten. Cor. António Afonso)
Morada: Av. Dr. Alfredo Bensaúde 1849-014 Lisboa
Telefone: +351 21 850 53 00
Fax: +351 21 853 21 19
igeoe@igeoe.pt

( more details in: http://www.nuclio.pt/projectos/000040.html )


******(2) WAY TWO Look at the sattelite/webcast

see details at:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

****** EVENTS TIME LINE:

Mission Events, Earth-receive time - in EDT (also in Lisboa/Lisbon Time)

July 3, 2:07 a.m: (Lisboa/Lisbon 7:07 a.m Sunday)Impactor released into comet's path

July 4, 12:22 a.m.:(Lisboa/Lisbon 5:07 a.m Monday)1st impactor targeting maneuver

July 4, 1:17 a.m.: (Lisboa/Lisbon 6:17 a.m Monday)2nd impactor targeting maneuver

July 4, 1:39 a.m.: (Lisboa/Lisbon 6:39 a.m Monday)3rd impactor targeting maneuver

July 4, 1:52 a.m.: (Lisboa/Lisbon 6:52 a.m Monday)(+ or - 3 min.): Impact with Tempel 1

July 4, 2:05 a.m.: (Lisboa/Lisbon 7:05 a.m Monday)Flyby goes into shield mode

July 4, 2:06 a.m.: (Lisboa/Lisbon 7:06 a.m Monday)Flyby's closest approach to Tempel 1

****** WEBCAST TIME LINE:

All times in EDT (also in Lisboa/Lisbon Time)

Pre-impact update
July 3, 2 p.m. (Lisboa/Lisbon 19:00 Sunday)

NASA TV encounter coverage begins
July 3, 11:30 p.m. (Lisboa/Lisbon 04:30 a.m Monday)

Post-impact briefing
July 4, 4 a.m. (Lisboa/Lisbon 09:00 a.m Monday)

Post-impact press conference
July 4, 2 p.m. (Lisboa/Lisbon 19:00 Monday)

****** More links:

http://www.nuclio.pt

http://www.portaldoastronomo.org

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html

http://lasers-in-the-jungle.blogspot.com

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMVKW5DIAE_index_0.html