I was rather thrilled late last Friday evening (after more than a few beers + smirnoffs) to see for the first time ever Jupiter being more than a simple bright dot in the sky... it was the first time I saw Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa, too. If I could hold my binos steady enough (no mount yet) then I might have also been able to see Io.
Finding out that the fuzzy blue spot a little bit below Jupiter was actually Neptune made me laugh out loud.
And to think that somewhere in that FOV was the object that would hit Jupiter shortly thereafter... amazing
I was out from 10pm -12am and the seeing was horrid the sky looked really clear but the seeing was very unstable probably due to the fact jupiter was so low in the sky and there was very gusty mild NW wind,
does the impact scar stand out as much as say a moon transit shadow??, hopefully tonight is better conditions, but in the meantime enjoying some of the images coming through
I was just thinking, how amazing is it that Anthony's impactor created the "Bird Strike" at the same time as the Apollo 11 40th, and the SL9 Impact's 15th anniversaries
Hey Anthony, you didn't plan this, did you??!!
I'll bet he has a "red phone" hotline to the "Ol' Guy" upstairs!!!
Hi Anthony, this is the best image of my four captures from July 20th.
It was so low that to bring my scope to bear on it I had to open the shutter at the lower end of the slot in my dome.
This is a low res image due to the low latitude and jetstream activity, however the "Bird Impactor" is quite obvious. This image is the best 1000 of 3600 frames from a Red channel avi and was started at 12:15 UTC.
Based on the extended time period that the SL9 scars remained visible, this scar should remain for at least several weeks.
Hope to get some high res images when the target region is better positioned latter in the night and with some co-operating from the jetstream.
Wow! Certainly the biggest discovery by a IIS member for a long time.
Once again, amateur beating professional.
That underscore the important role of amateur astronomy/photography despite all these huge telescopes operate by professionals. BTW Bird,your image is faaaaaar better than that of NASA
It's just a shame that they cant get the details right...
"An amateur Australian astronomer has set the space-watching world on fire after discovering that a rare comet or asteroid the size of Earth had crashed into Jupiter."
I think something the size of Earth would leave a much bigger hole, and we may have spotted it beforehand. We certainly would have not called it a comet or asteroid, planet is the term that comes to mind.
It's just a shame that they cant get the details right...
"An amateur Australian astronomer has set the space-watching world on fire after discovering that a rare comet or asteroid the size of Earth had crashed into Jupiter."
I think something the size of Earth would leave a much bigger hole, and we may have spotted it beforehand. We certainly would have not called it a comet or asteroid, planet is the term that comes to mind.
Cheers
Stuart
That's typical of the media, anyway. Unfortunately, you can't control what they write. An Earth sized impactor would leave more than a very large hole!!!!.
Not only that, for someone that supposedly studied English and such at university, that first sentence is amazingly bad language..."An 'amateur Australian' astronomer". So, Anthony, you're only playing at being Australian, according to the reporter, whilst being an astronomer!!!
I would think you could focus on the positive here. The story has been covered by the mainstream media and Anthony has received the kudos he deserves.
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Originally Posted by renormalised
That's typical of the media, anyway. Unfortunately, you can't control what they write. An Earth sized impactor would leave more than a very large hole!!!!.
Not only that, for someone that supposedly studied English and such at university, that first sentence is amazingly bad language..."An 'amateur Australian' astronomer". So, Anthony, you're only playing at being Australian, according to the reporter, whilst being an astronomer!!!
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Originally Posted by rat156
It's just a shame that they cant get the details right...
"An amateur Australian astronomer has set the space-watching world on fire after discovering that a rare comet or asteroid the size of Earth had crashed into Jupiter."
I think something the size of Earth would leave a much bigger hole, and we may have spotted it beforehand. We certainly would have not called it a comet or asteroid, planet is the term that comes to mind.
I would think you could focus on the positive here. The story has been covered by the mainstream media and Anthony has received the kudos he deserves.
We have and he deserves it all, but that doesn't mean they have to be slack in their reporting. If you tell someone something, you'd think they'd get it right when they wrote it down. It's nitpicking, yes, but these guys are supposed to be trained in researching, writing and passing on information. They should know and do a lot better. You have to have some sort of standard of writing to adhere to.
Anyway, let's get back to the topic at hand....the "Bird Strike"
