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Old 24-07-2009, 06:24 AM
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Old 24-07-2009, 06:26 AM
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....and one more taken from Melbourne this morning in poor conditions showing how the impact area is now becoming elongated in longitude

and congrats Anthony on APOD!
Great stuff John, top image.
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Old 24-07-2009, 06:50 AM
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Anthony, this has made Nature's Physics Portal. Thought you might like the PDF as a souvenir. I have downloaded it, but it's too big to post. Try here:

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/0907...l/460449e.html

http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?k...zYS1&mt=1&rt=0

or PM me and I'll email it to you.

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Old 24-07-2009, 11:32 AM
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Thanks Al, appreciate it. I had a look last night but couldnt see it there.

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Old 24-07-2009, 01:10 PM
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Nice work Allan – very large image scale and in colour too! What ‘scope/camera combo did you use?

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PS – 1.95MB file size for those with slow connections.
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Old 24-07-2009, 01:13 PM
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I placed it in a new thread.
I used an 8" Celestron SCT, 2x barlow and a Toucam Pro 840. Will try again if the jetstream goes away tomorrow night.
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Old 24-07-2009, 01:34 PM
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I looked hard at Jupiter this morning around 5am with an 8" reflector and 360x magnification, but no joy. Approx. equatorial transits of Callisto and Io's shadow were no problem to pick up some six hours earlier. I don't think I'm going to see it visually Has anyone observed the "Bird Strike"?

Edit: just saw a report on CN of a possible early sighting at 131x in a 12.5" reflector.

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Old 24-07-2009, 01:42 PM
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Found this on youtube, looks like Russian coverage of the birdstrike,
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dForz8QRHWo








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Old 24-07-2009, 03:06 PM
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amazing

i was outside that night in country mannum an hours drive from the city of adelaide looking at jupiter and trying to get someone from my family as interested as me! alas i was outside freezing but still mesmerized as ever by the beauty of jupiter. what an amazing story!
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Old 24-07-2009, 03:21 PM
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Hi Lisa, to IceInSpace!

Jupiter can sure have that effect!
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Old 24-07-2009, 03:49 PM
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Found this on youtube, looks like Russian coverage of the birdstrike,
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Yep, that's what it was...I could follow some of it but my Russky is rather stale!!!
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Old 24-07-2009, 03:51 PM
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A quick update, thanks to Paul Rix on CN we now think the impact was sometime between 0615Z and 1400Z. His image at 0615Z shows no sign of the impact site.

If anyone has images of Jupter between 0615Z and (about) 0815Z on July 19 UTC then we'd like to see them.. there's still a window of a couple of hours where the impact site would be visible.

ps this is for all our overseas members, naturally. Australian astronomers could not see Jupiter at that time.

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....and one more taken from Melbourne this morning in poor conditions showing how the impact area is now becoming elongated in longitude
Last night was better than most, clearest for ages, but still not dark enough, dam frosty too. Had some reflected light coming from Dandenong and Fountain Gate (grrr).
Must of been about 2-3 degrees where I am, around 11pm...

Is the Bird Strike already being torn apart by the storms?
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Old 24-07-2009, 03:57 PM
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In case you were wondering, the impact site is still very visible. A low pressure system moved in so seeing is poor but I'm glad to get something (previous nights were terrible). This is at f29 in RGB.

Great work Anthony on your find!!
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Old 24-07-2009, 04:07 PM
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Old 24-07-2009, 04:15 PM
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Nice capture Dave. Looks like the impact mark is getting bigger.....or is it just me? What do you think guys?
Will have a crack tonight.
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Old 24-07-2009, 04:36 PM
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We get a good look at it tonight, transiting just after 1500Z. My only issue may be fog, there's no cloud predicted.

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Should've mentioned you name, Anthony, but at least the story made the pages....here's "Astronomy" magazine's effort....

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=8471
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Old 24-07-2009, 05:23 PM
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Yep, seen that one, looks like a straight re-run of the original JPL release.

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Old 24-07-2009, 06:11 PM
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A quick update, thanks to Paul Rix on CN we now think the impact was sometime between 0615Z and 1400Z. His image at 0615Z shows no sign of the impact site.

If anyone has images of Jupter between 0615Z and (about) 0815Z on July 19 UTC then we'd like to see them.. there's still a window of a couple of hours where the impact site would be visible.

ps this is for all our overseas members, naturally. Australian astronomers could not see Jupiter at that time.

cheers, Bird
I wonder if one could look at one of the moons that is on the other side of jupiter at approx the time of the impact and measure any brightening of that moon due to a reflection of the impact?
About the only way of seeing it
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