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20-07-2009, 05:24 PM
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Well done, Anthony! Full marks!! 
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20-07-2009, 05:25 PM
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Always fixing a CAT.
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Phenomenal stuff Bird. Great capture. 
Details are great!
If it is a impact, do we call this the " Bird Strike" ........  
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20-07-2009, 05:43 PM
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Brett... that was truly awful...
lol
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20-07-2009, 05:53 PM
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Just shows that years of dedicated imaging and perfecting techniques and equipment can lead to 'overnight' success in capturing a major interesting impact event. I now wonder how many 'dark' short lived 'storms' in the past have this origin.
Well done Bird.
bert
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20-07-2009, 05:56 PM
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Submit the image to astronomy picture of the day
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20-07-2009, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by seanliddelow
Submit the image to astronomy picture of the day |
I agree! I hope you have, Anthony.
Where's the animation? What have you been doing all day? LOL
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20-07-2009, 06:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
I agree! I hope you have, Anthony.
Where's the animation? What have you been doing all day? LOL
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Yer, getting slashdotted caused a bump in the days plans...
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20-07-2009, 06:40 PM
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What a genius! What a stunning image! Well done bird - what a capture!
Cheers Petra d,
Last edited by spacezebra; 20-07-2009 at 06:54 PM.
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20-07-2009, 06:44 PM
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20-07-2009, 06:47 PM
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Congratulations on a ripper find Anthony  i bet there are gonna be a number of scopes aiming at Jupiter tonight, hope the clouds hold off for everyone to get a glimpse of this, just goes to show Australia really has a some of the greatest brew of talent in amateur astronomy circles, i am really excited for you Bird well done mate 
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20-07-2009, 07:00 PM
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This will be world news.....did you first see it when it crossed the limb?
Is this the first one discovered since shoemaker-levy9?
Last edited by seanliddelow; 20-07-2009 at 07:04 PM.
Reason: spelling
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20-07-2009, 07:04 PM
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Any confirmations through official channels yet?
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20-07-2009, 07:05 PM
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Congratulation Anthony. Fantastic news.  well deserved accolades.
I really wouldn't know anything about deciding if it's a weather event or a collision even.......but isn't there a trailing shadow/smudge/darkblurrybit that sorta looks like the SL9 after effects. 
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20-07-2009, 07:05 PM
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I cant imagine its anything but an impact.
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20-07-2009, 07:05 PM
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WoW!! That has to be the definition of AWESOMNESS!!!
Well done!
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20-07-2009, 07:06 PM
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In the close up it has the after effects
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20-07-2009, 07:10 PM
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apod is going to get flooded by iis user contributions.
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20-07-2009, 07:13 PM
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I'll echo others feelings here - well done mate. Amateurs can do real astronomy. You don't need a Keck (although, to be sure it's handy).
Regards,
Tony Barry
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20-07-2009, 07:17 PM
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Im just glad an iis user discovered it
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20-07-2009, 07:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by matt
Any confirmations through official channels yet?
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Dr John Rogers seems to think it's an impact site - he says:
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Hi Anthony,
Congratulations on this amazing discovery -- I agree with you and everyone else that this is an impact site, with a blur to the NW indicating the direction of the trajectory. The location was featureless in your even-higher-resolution image 2 days earlier.
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That's a pretty trustworthy opinion to me!
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