Jupiter impact

[astroron]

I have just observed the "Bird" impact strike :D
16" scope 6mm Radian eyepiece.
Object short distance in from limb.
I have only had the scope out 10 minutes,but the seeing is quite good :)

[DavidU]

Excellent ! it's cloudy here

[Dennis]

I'm waiting for Jupiter to clear the trees...only another 30-45 minutes now!

Cheers

Dennis

[astroron]

I was able to observe it from 10:30 UT 20:30 local till 11:45 UT 21:45 local .
It was then just about on Jupiter's Meridian,eye pieces used 6mm Radian 7mm Orthoscopic 9mm Plossl 13mm Nagler and was seen in all of them:)
Mist came in so called it a night as unlike Saturday night the seeing really went bad.:(
An enjoyable hour was spent observing a piece of astronomical history:astron::astron::stargaze:

[jjjnettie]

Wish I could have been observing there with you too Ron.
A memorable event!
I actually slotted an eyepiece and 5x barlow into the 80mm to have a little look, before hooking up the LPI and watching it on the laptop screen. (I need BIG eye relief:lol:)

[renormalised]

I wish I was able to have a squizz, but it's been cloudy all day and besides it's been blowing a gale as well!!:mad2::(

[cosmologia]

file:///C:/Users/Utente/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.pngHere I attached the erliest image with black spot.
The seeing was terrible due cloudy and windy sky, so I used 3X barlow on Celestron C9.25. Camera Lumenera SKYnyx 2.0C and IR filter ON.

Ciao
Sergio

[jjjnettie]

This is what I managed to capture through the ed80 using the LPI and a 5x barlow. Pretty poor compared to a lot of the images taken of the event, but to me it's a keepsake of a memorable night.:)
You might need a magnifying glass to see the little gray smudge that is the impact site. South is to the south.:rolleyes:

[xstream]

Yes we managed to observe the "Bird" impact strike through the 18" up here also Ron.
In the moments of steady seeing when Jupiter would snap into sharp focus it was clearly visible. :thumbsup:

[glenc]

"Mike Salway, who runs the Australian amateur astronomy community website iceinspace.com.au (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/../index.php?home), said astronomers around the world were raving about the discovery." http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/backyard-astronomer-spots-big-bang-on-jupiter-20090721-dria.html
Congratulations to Anthony.

[astroron]

Hi Jeanette, at least you have your own record however small of a piece of Astronomical History:thumbsup:

[astroron]

Nice Image Sergio.:thumbsup:

[astroron]

John and Anna it was a great kick to be able to see it through the scope, as they say Size Does Matter:P:thumbsup:

[mozzie]

damn damn scope still getting its service
mozzie

[coco smoko]

I think the impact formed on the far side and swung into view..Iwas watching it through the gaps in the clouds and it was far left and rotating towards us..

Anywho I did this :eyepop:

[Astro78]

Congrats Bird. Fantastic stuff and most inspirational!

[bird]

Thanks for the comments, and I hope this week has been a boost for iceinspace as well, hopefully insipred a bunch of new budding planetary imagers :-)

cheers, Bird

[mozzie]

great sturr bird woohoo got the scope back today and its back in the pod and cooling for tonight hopefully will see it
mozzie

[lesbehrens]

can some one give the time the impact site will be in view tonight? if it is still viasble.
thanks

[RobF]

Hi Les - noticed in another thread times are on the front page of IIS for next week or so. I can't tell you what/if is still visible.

[hotspur]

Really amazing,these pics and observations of comet impact on Jupiter,

this is the second time in my life time that jupiter has been hit by comet.

Makes you think how fragile we really are on this earth.

And how nature,and the cosmos are so much bigger than man and his

mark.

Cheers Chris

[lesbehrens]

how long would it be in view for? 1hr or 2?

[RobF]

I'm guessing an hour or so - similar to red spot transits. I'm sure gurus here will know better though.....

[glenc]

What would it be like if this object had hit Earth instead of Jupiter?
The Super Comet, The Impact, 7.30pm – 8.30pm, SBS TWO, Tuesday, 28 July 2009
"Sixty five million years ago, a comet hit the earth, putting an end to life as it then was. This dramatised documentary looks at what would happen if a comet was about to hit the earth again, today."

[mickkk]

View from hubble.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090731.html