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Hubble's sharp images showed the breakup step by step: four fragments on November 8, then a fifth big piece split off on November 9, and by November 10 all the pieces had drifted away from each other.
Ground telescopes only saw faint blobs: Hubble really brought the drama into focus.

If you've got a large amateur telescope and dark skies, you might still catch the fading fragments in Pisces though they are very faint.
They're heading out of our neighborhood for good: they are reported to be depleted in carbon; researchers will study what that unusual composition may reveal about the comet's origin.