A webcam movie of the comet from a Kitt Peak telescope, starting an hour before impact, will be linked to the Web site of the Tucson-based National Optical Astronomy Observatory by the middle of next week. That site is www.noao.edu
. A public viewing of the impact scheduled atop Kitt Peak is sold out.
More information is also available on the Deep Impact project site: www.nasa.gov/deepimpact
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