Jupiter impact confirmed by JPL

[matt]

You're kidding, right?:rofl::rofl:

I suspect you're referring to your 'local' media?;)

[shy4x4]

haha just turned my tele on and they started talkin about it on the 7pm project on channel 10! then they had anthony on via skype! Well done mate!!! :)

[M54]

Hubby just called me in to watch the interview on 7.30 Project too.:D
You did yourself proud, Mr. Wesley!.
Very well handled.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[danielsun]

Congratulations Anthony, your a legend :thumbsup:
Got to work this morning, flicking through the HearaldSun and there you were :eyepop:Page 7 article with a nice big pic of you with your scope.

Well done ;)
Cheers Daniel.

[rat156]

Tomorrow's APOD, "impact".

Wonder what that could be??????

Cheers
Stuart

[bird]

BBC world service is next...

[danielsun]

Thanks for the link Fahim,
Just heard the interview :thumbsup: Awsome that you have been recognized and rewarded around the world for your great acheivement, you deserve it.

[telecasterguru]

It's all in the timing and what timing it was. Fantastic.

Frank

[DavidU]

Ralf Vandebergh over at CN has done an amazing HC reprosess of Anthonys famous picture.
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Board/Imaging/Number/3226864/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/12

[Darth Wader]

Caught the interview on the 7pm project, congrats again Anthony, I must say you were calm, cool and collected, I'd be packing it if I was being interviewed for national TV!

[Jen]

Bugger i missed it on the TV again will it be on again on the 10:30pm news :thumbsup:

[StephenM]

Hey Anthony, my wife (who's Polish) tells me that you've featured in the Polish press today as well. It sure is international attention that you're getting! Great stuff!

Cheers,
Stephen

[MrB]

Thanks for that!
By the time I get home from work I miss all the 'normal' news, have missed ALL media of this so far(except IIS ;))
Get home just in time for this tho.. thanks!
Simo

[matt]

Nearly 9400 views of this thread!!!!!:scared:

[MrB]

Looks like he has removed those images. :shrug:

EDIT: Nevermind! I'm a CN virgin!
The link to attachments isn't really all that noticable.

[DavidU]

They are still there, it's in a clickable attachment on the post header bar.

[MrB]

LOL thanks Dave, didn't read my edit? ;)

Just caught the interview on 7pm Project. Good stuff!
Shame they kinda cut Bird at the end tho!

[bird]

Slowly coming back down to earth now, maybe life can return to normal.

ps it's a howling storm outside as I write this, with gale force winds and sleet, torrential rain... I guess no imaging tonight...

Fahim, I use -resample=3 in ninox on my data before I load it into registax, and also -cut=460 to cut a 460x460 piece from the original data with Jupiter centered.

After the resampling the images are 1380x1380, and I use multipoint alignment in registax. Takes *forever*.

When registax is finished with it I downsample it back to the original size, but the end result is that registax is effectively doing 1/3 pixel alignment.

cheers, Bird

[Domol]

Anthony you're a new media "star"
Congratulations!
I agree, NASA should send you a cheque!

[allan gould]

Trying to image Jupiter at the moment from BrisVegas and its just boiling at the moment. I'll keep going til 1?:00 am and then see what I have. Bird you were great to image what you did - Ill be lucky to see anything with this Jetstream over us.
You deserve all praise and attention you are getting for the great job you have done for ameurs in the year of astronomy.

[Dennis]

Hi Allan

I hear you! I'm looking at Jupiter on screen as if I was looking through the heat haze over a roaring fire! I removed the DBK21 (colour) and replaced it with the more sensitive DMK21 (mono) to increase frame rate (30 to 60fps) and exposure from 1/60 to 1/180 and it didn’t really help.

Like you, I’ll hang in a while, having got this far!

Cheers

Dennis

[allan gould]

Well I have just seen a moon come off Jupiter's face but its sure boiling and its hard to know the point of best focus. Im using an old toucam to image with and an 8' WITH 2X barlow. Guess Ill have to wait and see what I have when I process them. Dennis, I may have to PM you to see how to put this into a movie if it turns out at all. Anyway its a good way to finish off my birthday!

[Dennis]

Here is a stack of 290 frames from 3000, straight out of Registax showing the pretty awful conditions. It’s a real pity that the seeing is so atrocious, as we have the Bird Strike, the GRS, Ganymede and Europa all in the same frame!

I wonder if Matt is faring any better, with the really smooth seeing by the bayside! LOL!

Cheers

Dennis

[Tamtarn]

Amazing discovery Anthony !!!!

So richly deserved that you were the one to record the very first image of the impact on Jupiter considering the many years you have dedicated in recording some of the very best images of Jupiter ever taken by an amateur astronomer.

We have enjoyed keeping up to date with all the links provided on this thread

Loved the ABC interview and watched the 7pm project interview tonight which was a bit short.

Enjoy every moment of fame you deserve it :thumbsup::thumbsup:



D&B

[birond]

Just adding my congratulations...well done! Steve:eyepop:

[beren]

:thumbsup: Congratulations Anthony so pleasing to see your dedication rewarded, been great following the event here and other forums/media outlets

[allan gould]

Did a very quick and dirty registax myself. Can see the "bird strike". Wooo Hooo!

[matt]

:lol:Wonder no more...ye merry jester...for my seeing be the same as yourn!!!!!

Equally rubbish here...

Funny that!;):D

[bird]

Nice one Allen, and thanks to everyone again for their comments... finished for tonight finally. Will be on RN tomorrow morning at 8.45 I think... and then it all starts again :-)

cheers, Bird

[allan gould]

Well at least I got to image it. Have to wait til the jetstream dissappears for anything better, but by then Bird's strike will probably dissipated. I suppose it could be cloudy or raining. Ill give it about another 1/2 hr and then pack up:windy:

[matt]

I'm just working through a few AVIs at the moment, Allan.

They are not a very pretty sight...but I have captured the impact feature.

So...that's something I guess.

[matt]

OK. Here it is.

Just a simple mono image taken through red filter.

The scar is still very visible in the south polar region.

At least I snagged one!:D

[renormalised]

Anyone got a methane or K band IR filter??. It'd be interesting to see an amateur taking piccies with those and comparing the results with similar ones taken by NASA/Keck.

[[1ponders]]

Yep it certainly wasn't pretty out there tonight.

[[1ponders]]

Zac Pujic posted some here
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=47599

[renormalised]

Thanks Paul....will have a squizz.

[Dennis]

Nice images Matt and Paul – I see you went for the big Barlows and/or PowerMates! I stayed at a small scale hoping to outwit the seeing but it didn’t quite pay off!:shrug:

Well, I’m out of here; wisps of cloud and poor seeing have me beaten tonight. Here is the best AVI from 1 hour ago. Europa and shadow on the left, Ganymede on the right and the Bird Strike prominent at the lower limb.

Cheers

Dennis

PS – this is the smallest jpg (7.9k) I have ever posted!:lol:

[bird]

jupiter.samba.org updated, one new image from July 19.

[renormalised]

Thanks Anthony, will checkout tomorrow....time for Zzzz's:)

[[1ponders]]

Very Nice shot Dennis, that mewlon certainly pays dividends. ;)

Yep the powermate didn't pay off tonight Dennis :lol:

[Dennis]

Hi Matt

Yeah – my tongue-in-cheek comment was more of a desperate prayer, or wishful thinking that at least one of us would be able to outwit the seeing!:(



Hi Paul

Yes, my experience from Monday night showed me that the x3 Barlow or the x2.5 PowerMate just doesn’t work under these conditions. Incidentally, the seeing was much worse during this session than on Monday.:shrug:

Cheers

Dennis

[seanliddelow]

Congrats on the 7pm project interview:thumbsup:

[Deeno]

Congratulations. Awsome stuff.
Very well deserved Anthony.

(Going to bring some autographed pics to IIS star party?)

[erick]

Over in a Cloudy Nights thread:-

"When I grow up, I want to be like Anthony"

:D:D:D :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[erick]

Amazing - world wide story.

In Portuguese:-

"Anthony Wesley, um programador informático australiano de 44 anos, costuma passar 20 horas por semana a olhar para Júpiter, através do telescópio colocado no seu quintal em Murrumbatema, nos arredores de Camberra. Mas na madrugada de domingo para segunda-feira a sua paixão pela astronomia dividia atenções com um torneio de golfe e outro de críquete que estava a dar na televisão. E por pouco não deixava passar a descoberta da sua vida. "

No I cannot read most of it but "Anthony Wesley", "Murrumbatema" "Camberra" sort of gives it away!

[erick]

Some JPL reading:-

http://blogs.jpl.nasa.gov/

[renormalised]

Hows this....Anthony, you have 4,670,000 separate entries on Google!!!:eyepop::eyepop::thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Some aren't related to you....but what the heck, claim them all!!:P:thumbsup::D:D

[bird]

Resistance is futile...

[renormalised]

How's this....

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/7020

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2009/07/23/2003449310/print

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1201082/Hole-Jupiter-size-Earth-spotted-amateur-stargazer-comet-strike.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jul/21/earthsize-hole-as-comet-hits-jupiter

http://www.nationalpost.com/life/horoscopes/story.html?id=1812485

http://arstechnica.com/science/
(http://arstechnica.com/science/)
and how's this...some out of the way hick place in the US...

http://vicksburgnews.blogspot.com/

They probably even know about this in the middle of the Amazon!!!!:D

[renormalised]

Just had a thought, Anthony. With all this coverage you're getting, what you should do is try to keep contacts and network a bit, since you're a programmer, and try get some extra work on the side!!!. More money = more you beaut goodies for the scope!!!:D

[Kal]

A more accurate metric would be to use the search "anthony wesley" (with the quotation marks) which returns 49,500 results, the majority which would probably be attributed to bird :)

[renormalised]

Yeah, but 4,670,000 sounds better than 49,500:P:D:D:D

[allan gould]

Have made an avi from last nights effort to capture "Bird's strike" and was fairly happy with it. Not sure how to post it, but I managed to capture two shadow transits, bird's strike, a moon exiting jupiters surface and the GRS all in the one attempt.
Ive posted a few cropped shots of 200x200 pixels

[Dennis]

Nice work Allan - I see that you managed to beat the atrocious seeing!:thumbsup:

Cheers

Dennis

[matt]

Well done Dennis and Allan.

Good to see the Brisbanites getting amongst it...even if the conditions were not kind.

I wonder how much longer we'll be able to capture this object....and if we'll ever get a break from the JS which seems to have been over us for weeeeeeeks!!!!!!!!!:mad2:

[bird]

Thanks Allan, good to see someone had clear skies...

[allan gould]

I think that using a small scope with not too much magnification helped when Jupiter was high. The seeing was atrocious as you well know and I could not see anything really at the eyepiece. When the jetstream goes then Ill drag out the 10" and put higher magnification on it. Anyway, thanks Bird, Matt and Dennis for kind comments. I just wanted to image this thing as I missed the last imact on Jupiter.

[mexhunter]

Hello Anthony:
Congratulations by the APOD, absolutely deserved.
Many greetings
Cesar

[iceman]

Congrats on the APOD Anthony, it wouldn't have been right any other way.

[bird]

Thanks, it tops off an amazing few days.

regards, Bird

[rat156]

Wow, even eclipsed the eclipse photos!!

Cheers
Stuart

[Rattler]

YAY for APOD....and to have seen it here first. HA! :)

Champion effort Anthony...

John

[Jen]

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[CoolhandJo]

Congratulations. Watched the interview on 7:30pm. Great stuff.

[Octane]

Anthony,

I'm a late-comer to this thread, finally got to the last page.

I would just like to pass on my warmest congratulations on this most magnificent, once-in-a-lifetime discovery.

What is the likelihood of the scar remaining on the surface of Jupiter? Will it be like the Great Red Spot -- there for eons? If it's like the GRS, your name will go down in the history books. When children in future years look to mighty Jupiter and see the black scar, they'll be told of your story.

The thought is so humbling.

Has Kim from CAS contacted you yet to come and talk to us at the next meeting? :)

Congratulations, once again.

Regards,
Humayun

[Jaeger]

Well done, Anthony!

I guess it's unsurprising that the spin doctors only said "NASA this", or "UCLA that" regarding the impact... It pisses me off that Anthony isn't given full credit for the discovery: "an amateur astronomer" doesn't cut it - even if they had mentioned Australia.

[rat156]

Bird strike @ 0515am

Latest pics, very rough processing.

Cheers
Stuart

[AlexN]

Anthony, Congrats on the APOD! :) Well deserved.

[John K]

....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!

[TimHP]

Hi All, we take image today in Tashkent, UZ and my colleague Andrew from Moscow,RU.

30 minutes ago (23-07-2009 19:48 UT) - first,seconds and third images, and next images from Andrew, yesterday.

[iceman]

Well done, great images and welcome to IceInSpace!

[iceman]

Great stuff John, top image.

[sheeny]

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/2009/090722/full/460449e.html

http://links.ealert.nature.com/ctt?kn=105&m=33697642&r=MTc2ODQ0MjY2MgS2&b=0&j=NTM3MzkyNzYS1&mt=1&rt=0

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

Al.

[bird]

Thanks Al, appreciate it. I had a look last night but couldnt see it there.

cheers, Bird

[Dennis]

Nice work Allan – very large image scale and in colour too! What ‘scope/camera combo did you use?

Cheers

Dennis

PS – 1.95MB file size for those with slow connections.

[allan gould]

Dennis
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.

[erick]

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 :sadeyes: 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.

[Stuart78]

Found this on youtube, looks like Russian coverage of the birdstrike,
sorry if repost..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dForz8QRHWo








Stu..

[star1961]

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!

[iceman]

Hi Lisa, :welcome: to IceInSpace!

Jupiter can sure have that effect!

[renormalised]

Yep, that's what it was...I could follow some of it but my Russky is rather stale!!!:)

[bird]

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

[Spanrz]

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?

[alphajuno]

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!!

[iceman]

Nice work Dave!

[cookie8]

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.

[bird]

We get a good look at it tonight, transiting just after 1500Z. My only issue may be fog, there's no cloud predicted.

cheers, Bird

[renormalised]

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

[bird]

Yep, seen that one, looks like a straight re-run of the original JPL release.

cheers, Bird

[DavidU]

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

[seanliddelow]

its got its own wikipedia article, and its on the main page!:thumbsup:

[TimHP]

recreate my images from 23-07-2009, 19:48 UT, Tashkent,UZ, LX200R 10", DSI Pro.

[iceman]

Nice work, the scar is very visible in those.

[TimHP]

Thanks a lot, iceman!

[iceman]

New impact scar image from the Gemini Telescope:
http://www.gemini.edu/node/11300

[DavidU]

They seem to be getting onto it now.
Did I read that the Hubble will be swung around soon???

[iceman]

Hubble have released their images:

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/23/

Absolutely amazing!

[Kal]

Here is a quick process from one of my captures last night. I will be out all day so I won't be able to go through them properly until tonight.

Io is just appearing after passing behind Jupiter.

[iceman]

Nice work Andrew!

[seanliddelow]

Im amazed they got off there schedule for relasing the next images in september(Congrats on having your discovery as the first WFC3 image). Theres also a jupiter impact team.......looks like they have lost there job to Anthony!:rofl:Good impact image though.:thumbsup:

[bird]

Nice work Andrew, I have some data from last night but I'm starting to get way behind in processing... the HST images are fantastic, I hope they plan to do more followups.

cheers, Bird

[DavidU]

It's nice to see them having to use Hubble to check Anthony's work:lol:

[netwolf]

Isn’t the timing just sweet, the repair team of the HST must be well pleased with these results, job well done to them. And in a way they have bird to thank for providing the event to help validate the ongoing need for Hubble and its maintaince as well as the space program in general. This renewed interest in space exploration could not come at a better time and a week filled with other aniversaries for the space program. 40 yearas ago man walks on the moon, 40 years later we get the first pictures of the traks they left behind, 15 years ago a comet strikes Jupiter, 15 years later another body strikes Jupiter, a Historic week. HST repaired just in time to take its first image, that is acknowledged by the polticians of the nation. All eyes turn to space again, we look again we are inspired again.

One small step for a man from Murrumbateman, one vast leap for the space program. And lets not forgot that in the recent past we have had several Amateur Astronomers from Australia take that one small step. From Terry's Comets using DSLR cameras, to storms on Saturn by Trevor. Hats of to you guys that take these small steps that inspires the rest of us to make vast leaps.

[[1ponders]]

Hear! Hear Fahim! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[bird]

Exactly right Fahim, Australia's Got Talent, all over the place.

Bird

[Spanrz]

Great words Fahim. :thumbsup::cheers:

The Hubble Jupiter images have made it front page on CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/24/hubble.jupiter.scar/index.html

[bird]

I've emailed them and asked to have the "50 to 100 miles across" changed to "50 to 100 metres across", much more likely.

Yes, I really did say the former, but I meant the latter and it's still doing the rounds...

cheers, Bird

[netwolf]

I just had a thougt and it all happens in the International Year of Astronomy.. Whats next guys? One you about to discover another planet?

[DavidU]

Just re name Jupiter to Bird.
The Hubble images are superb !

[Rob_K]

Wow, just catching up on all this news, awesome Bird!! :thumbsup:

Cheers -

[shaneaust]

Has there been any news yet of an estimate of how fast the impactor was going when it pranged Jove?

[shaneaust]

I am still googling this topic daily - this is just mind-blowing, to me....and an Aussie was first to notice it!

[bird]

No real ideas yet from anyone, just the general 50k/sec or thereabouts.

cheers, Bird

[picklesrules]

Hey Congratulations Bird
Ur A Inspiration to us younger amateurs im 16
and i will be attempting to view the "Bird Strike"
what scope did you use?

[Phil Hart]

congrats from me anthony - amazing work!

just been trying for look from my flat in Hawthorn (inner east Melbourne). couple of possible glimpses but nothing obvious. seeing is pretty horrendous but seemed like it might be good enough to see it. will be interested to see some images from tonight to see if it has faded at all?

looks like skies are clearing in canberra but maybe a bit too late?

phil

[bird]

Hi Nicholas, there are some pictures of the scope here: http://jupiter.samba.org

cheers, Bird

[picklesrules]

thanks bird :D

[Spanrz]

Amazingly clear in Melbourne tonight, slight bit of wind and about 8 degrees.
Out there just before looking at Jupiter, still looking for the impact yet, waiting for it to appear.

If anyone is in Melbourne, you'll have some great shots tonight.

[Domol]

Brett, yes crystal clear, for a change, but the seeing was poor for Jupiter.
i managed to see the "bird" strike in between the poor seeing. Looked like a tiny black "spec" . Visible until about 10.30pm. Glad i caught a glimpse. I'd be interested in any photos too

[meliux]

good to see its finally on news.com.au (albeit in relation to hubble's imagery of the event)
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25836918-421,00.html

[bird]

Weather not looking good for tonight, but it's important to keep imaging! Keck and other big scopes are in use today, mostly getting long-wavelength and IR images.

cheers, Bird

[Jen]

:lol: My latest desktop image (The Bird Strike) :thumbsup:

[erick]

Turned the 12" onto it last night around 9:30-10pm from Snake Valley. With intense observing (and a little imagination), I could see the dark smudge! :)

[sheeny]

The re-commissioning of the Hubble Space Telescope has been interrupted to take its first scientific image... the Bird Strike! Something else to tell the grandkids Anthony!:)

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/24/hubble.jupiter.scar/index.html

Al.

[venus]

Simply amazing, congratulations Anthony, Australia on the map again for another scientific discovery. All I can think of is how "Ubique" or "you beaut" for time, patience and talent has its reward!

[Screwdriverone]

Hi Bird,

Awesome, totally Awesome!

Mind Bogglingly amazing to think that you are now etched in History.

And to think, Nasa / JPL techs hear the phone ringing, stop the upgrade calibration, answer the phone and say " Wha? some dang ossie has found wha awn Jupiter? Dude!, swing Hubble 'round will ya?"

:) :) :)

Un - Bloody - Real!

Well done Anthony!, seriously, well done!

Extremely proud and amazed I am!

Cheers

Chris :)

(Dear NASA/JPL, no offense intended - honestly)

[bird]

LOL - thanks guys.

cheers, Bird

[alphajuno]

There is an article on spaceweather.com today that the strike appears to be forming two lobes or two nucleii


http://www.spaceweather.com/

[Jaeger]

After my earlier dismay about the apparent lack of acknowledge in some press releases from the US, I was pleased to see Glenn Orton's blog featured on JPL's Asteroid Watch page: http://blogs.jpl.nasa.gov/?p=50
Not only does it give full acknowledgement to Anthony's discovery, it gives some great insight into the behind-the-scenes activity to confirm the impact. Great stuff!

[mithrandir]

Assuming I got the the method right - run against earlier dates it matched Mike's values - some more transit times. Maybe there is some drift to add now.

WinJUPOS 8.1.8 (Jupiter), C.M. transit times, 2009/08/01 11:46
Object longitude: L2 = 216.0° + 0.0000°/d * (T - 2009 Jul 19.5)
Time interval: 2009 Aug 01.0 ... 2009 Aug 16.0
Output format: Date UT (C.M. of System 2)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2009 Aug 01 01:52 ( 216°) 11:48 ( 216°) 21:44 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 02 07:39 ( 216°) 17:35 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 03 03:30 ( 216°) 13:26 ( 216°) 23:22 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 04 09:17 ( 216°) 19:13 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 05 05:08 ( 216°) 15:04 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 06 00:59 ( 216°) 10:55 ( 216°) 20:51 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 07 06:46 ( 216°) 16:42 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 08 02:37 ( 216°) 12:33 ( 216°) 22:29 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 09 08:24 ( 216°) 18:20 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 10 04:15 ( 216°) 14:11 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 11 00:06 ( 216°) 10:02 ( 216°) 19:58 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 12 05:53 ( 216°) 15:49 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 13 01:44 ( 216°) 11:40 ( 216°) 21:36 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 14 07:31 ( 216°) 17:27 ( 216°)
2009 Aug 15 03:22 ( 216°) 13:18 ( 216°) 23:13 ( 216°)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Spanrz]

I know this might be a bit weird and funny, but CH7 (Melb) have a movie on tonight called of all things "Meteor".......
And it's headlined with "After an Astronomer discovers a large meteor"

Did CH7 just give you recognition Anthony? :D :hi:
I know they didn't have a meteor hitting jupiter movie, but I suppose this one cuts to a close 2nd.

[mithrandir]

7 Sydney too and probably the rest of the 7 & associates networks.

3.5hours. 90mins of movie + 120mins of adverts?

It clashes with Swans vs. Saints.

Going to Sydney Theatre Company wins.

[Kal]

It starts at 8:30pm and finishes at 12:15am - that's 3hr45m, or 225 minutes

Doing some research (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1260995/) the runtime is 240 minutes, so they must be using an edited shortened version for tonights showing? :shrug:

[Blaznee]

Absolutely brilliant Bird....
What was the image of the week should be the image of the Decade (or maybe several decades)

[cosmologia]

Hi,
take a look here, it is my website
http://www.webalice.it/sergiosaltamonti/
You can find my Jup images was recording impact zone.
Remember, from my observation place, Jupiter is 32° up high.

Ciao

Sergio

[Jen]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: some nice pics you got there Sergio :thumbsup:

[erick]

They are still talking about it!

See second page of Editorial in Astronomy Technology Today (Sep-Oct 2009)

https://www.astronomytechnologytoday.com/

[erick]

Nice compilation:-

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090908.html

Interesting to see the relative movement of the white spots as well as the impact dissipation.

[iceman]

Theo has also put together this youtube movie showing the history:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpGnOVLa-tM&feature=channel

[Quark]

Theo sure did a great job putting this presentation together, what an excellent record of such a rare event for Anthony in particular, for those that contributed high res follow up images and for the general amateur community around the world.

Very well done, again Anthony, on your discovery and the contribution it has made to astronomy. I am sure every Australian amateur is very proud of you.

[bird]

And (I think) there's some more hst images to be released sometime soon...

Bird

[square_peg114GT]

Anthony, congrats and the nice write up in this month's (Nov. 2009) issue of Sky & Telescope.
:thumbsup:

[alphajuno]

In the November Sky and Telescope there is a nice article entitled "Jupiter Takes a Hit" (p. 34). It characterizes Anthony as the "hero" who made the discovery and includes several of his nice pictures of the WIS and a picture of Anthony and his rig! Nice!

[mithrandir]

Sky & Telescope online has an update (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/114985924.html) on further analysis.

[venus]

Congratulations Anthony on your "Shoemaker NEO award"