Thu Jul 21 14:22:15 1994


Ring around impact site


A very large dark ring is seen surrounding the impact site which moved onto the limb at about 10:02 UT 21 July. (perhaps the L site?) The ring extended beyond the south pole, and nearly to the equator, imaged using a Bessell blue filter and CCD detector. The central impact site was also dark in this filter. Where this ring intersected Jupiter's dark band at about 20 degrees south latitude (belt? zone?) the methane image shows a bright spot. The impact site is not bright in the methane (8900 A, 300 A wide) This complex was seen to move across the face of the planet in successive images taken between 9:24 and 10:38 UT. By 12:46 poor seeing prevented seeing it. This feature was marginally visible in a narrowband sodium filter, but not in a Cousins R filter. These observations are part of the Comet Impact Network Experiment headed by Steve Larson of the University of Arizona.

Ellen Howell
Mount Stromlo Siding Spring Observatory 1m telescope




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