ALERT, possible Jupiter impact!

[Luis Campos]

Hi all:

http://www.universet...-by-a-fireball/

Event captured on video also:

http://georgeastro.w...piterimpact.jpg

Stay alert for possible dark material on the spot, please make some observations and images in the next days.

Best wishes,

Luís

[wookie1965]

How big was that fireball? that`s one big impact

[neil phillips]

wow. I get flashes from time to time. But its always pixel flashes. Thats some explosion right there. It looks massive. the vid didnt run for me. but the still looks BIGGGG.

oh no. im out of computer space. with a backlog of data. now ive got to find a way to get out there. Thanks for the heads up Luis

[Luis Campos]

Hi,

Yep, huge blast there!

Yeah Neil, I know what you mean about those flashes, sometimes I also wonder and then come to the conclusion that they are pixel related

I'm also out of disc space...and I dont have an external HD!!! AArrrghhhh....now I bought some DVD's and transfered a lot of data to them, like 30 gb or so

Lets see what the next few days will show, maybe some dark material on the bands.

Cheers,

[Dave]

I have put the next few transit times visible from the UK on my blog:

http://www.eagleseye.me.uk/Sky/Wordpress/?cat=5

Dave

[riklaunim]

Most of the action is on http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ALPO_Jupiter/

First images show no signs of any hit spot. Just like the last two small impacts.

[mister brot]

saw the video ....not to sure, looks tamperd with lets hope we get another better video or some impact pics

here is the video http://www.flickr.com/photos/19299984@N08/7976507568

[Dave]

I went out this morning, but no impact scar is visible.

(It should be above and to the left of the Red Spot, close to the planets equator).

[Pentatonicblues]

_{I have just come in from imaging Jupiter but nothing obvious to me. Here is a very rough red channel from Registax. Can't see anything obvious.}

_Stewart

[Luis Campos]

Hummmm....maybe it was just a massive lightning.

[Solar_observer]

i agree with mister brot, the actual impact looks imposed, im sure experts are looking at this video VERY closely.

tony

[Pentatonicblues]

I have processed an RGB image from my captures and can't see anything interesting to my eye. Seeing wasn't bad but high cloud reduced the quality and the brightness of the capture varied a lot. Not my best Jupiter ever but I wanted to try and see if anything was visible. Thick cloud cut the session off.

Stewart

[earth titan]

Wow. That's a big one!

Not viewable through UK cloud though .... grrrr....

[Steve Ward]

I'm calling FAKE on the video ,

It's a clip of an Airey disc pattern in bad seeing PS'ed onto a bit of Jupiter footage ... . .

And not very well stitched back together either , watch it frame by frame and it looks even more wrong.

Steve.

[Steve Ward]

OK , having been firmly but politely educated on Pickering http://www.damianpeach.com/pickering.htm real quick I have to say I was wrong on this and apologise .

Just looked so wrong to me . .

Steve.

[Pentatonicblues]

_{Anyone know if any impact scar was left? I didn't record anything in my image above but wondered if anyone has seen any images on t' web anywhere?}

_Stewart

[Luis Campos]

Hi,

It seems that whatever it was it didn't left any trace....but the observations continue.

Cheers,

[mister brot]

my advantage is I don't understand all the science stuff and what could it be or if, if,if........I just look at the film and think what today in manipulationall(spelling) possible is....imo looks like two diferent films spliced together or that someone kinda erased a little color to make it look like impact or lightning...hope this gets cleared up soon.....

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I think it is genuine. Do not forget that the atmosphere is extremely turbulent in that particular region of Jupiter's surface. There are extrememly high shear forces just south of the NEB, where the thing landed. Any material left from the impact may have been mixed in with the rest by strong currents very very quickly. I saw a few of the impact scars of Shoemaker-Levy 9, and they landed much further away from the equator, where there is less turbulence. They survived much longer (several rotations). However, they were scars from much larger events than this one.