[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Hey Tat, what part of the Earth is going to get to see it? I googled it and havent found who the lucky watchers will be? Any ideas?

[Romish_Papist]

Not sure, I'll be checking www.skyandtelescope.com in the next few weeks to see if they run anything about it. They have a GREAT interactive Java nighttime sky map I use whenever I take out my LX-90. Check it out, you will probably find it useful.

[Deguello]

"But those with the best chance are those in the western United States and possibly New Zealand."

Uh...did you google this thread? Last paragraph.

[OXENinFLA]

NASA TV will have mission coverage.

After a voyage of 173 days and 431 million kilometers (268 million miles), NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will get up-close and personal with comet Tempel 1 on July 4 (EDT).

The first of its kind, hyper-speed impact between space-borne iceberg and copper-fortified probe is scheduled for approximately 1:52 a.m. EDT on Independence Day (10:52 p.m. PDT on July 3). The potentially spectacular collision will be observed by the Deep Impact spacecraft, and ground and space-based observatories.