DART impact on binary asteroid (65803) Didymos: effects seen from the ground - 26 Sept. 2022.

Soon after DART slammed into Dimorphos, the little moon of asteroid Didymos, we could see dramatic effects with a telescope.

The animation comes from images take in real-time during our live feed.

Images collected from the Klein Karoo Observatory, South Africa.

credits:
Gianluca Masi (Virtual Telescope Project, Italy)
Berto Monard (Klein Karoo Observatory, South Africa)