http://www.space.com/32411-jupiter-hit-by-comet-asteroid-video.html

Amateur astronomer John McKeon was observing the king of planets by telescope from Swords, Ireland, on March 17 when he captured this stunning time-lapse video of something hitting Jupiter. McKeon was recording the transit of Jupiter’s moons Io and Ganymede with an 11-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and his ASI120mm camera when something struck Jupiter, and he struck cosmic pay dirt.

“The original purpose of the imaging session was to get this time-lapse, with a happy coincidence of the impact in the second, last capture of the night,” McKeon wrote in a YouTube video description.

dv said:

http://www.space.com/32411-jupiter-hit-by-comet-asteroid-video.html

Amateur astronomer John McKeon was observing the king of planets by telescope from Swords, Ireland, on March 17 when he captured this stunning time-lapse video of something hitting Jupiter. McKeon was recording the transit of Jupiter’s moons Io and Ganymede with an 11-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and his ASI120mm camera when something struck Jupiter, and he struck cosmic pay dirt.

“The original purpose of the imaging session was to get this time-lapse, with a happy coincidence of the impact in the second, last capture of the night,” McKeon wrote in a YouTube video description.

…and on St Pat’s day.

Hold on. This is the … um … SIXTH impact photographed, according to the article.

1. Schoemaker-Levy: 9 July 16 and July 22 of 1994
2. Anthony Wesley in Australia (I call this the “bird strike” because Wesley called himself “bird”): July 19, 2009
3. Wesley and Christopher Go in the Philippines: June 3, 2010
4. Masayuki Tachikawa in Japan: Aug. 20, 2010
5. Dan Peterson in Wisconsin: Sept. 12, 2012
6. this new one, let’s call it the “king of swords” strike, because “Amateur astronomer John McKeon was observing the king of planets by telescope from Swords in Ireland”.

I love the fine details of the fireball that appear in one enhanced frame from the first video. The spacecraft Jove is on its way.

mollwollfumble said:

Hold on. This is the … um … SIXTH impact photographed, according to the article.

1. Schoemaker-Levy: 9 July 16 and July 22 of 1994
2. Anthony Wesley in Australia (I call this the “bird strike” because Wesley called himself “bird”): July 19, 2009
3. Wesley and Christopher Go in the Philippines: June 3, 2010
4. Masayuki Tachikawa in Japan: Aug. 20, 2010
5. Dan Peterson in Wisconsin: Sept. 12, 2012
6. this new one, let’s call it the “king of swords” strike, because “Amateur astronomer John McKeon was observing the king of planets by telescope from Swords in Ireland”.

I love the fine details of the fireball that appear in one enhanced frame from the first video. The spacecraft Jove is on its way.

Good, we’ll be able to see photos taken by Jove.

Peak Warming Man said:

mollwollfumble said:

Hold on. This is the … um … SIXTH impact photographed, according to the article.

1. Schoemaker-Levy: 9 July 16 and July 22 of 1994
2. Anthony Wesley in Australia (I call this the “bird strike” because Wesley called himself “bird”): July 19, 2009
3. Wesley and Christopher Go in the Philippines: June 3, 2010
4. Masayuki Tachikawa in Japan: Aug. 20, 2010
5. Dan Peterson in Wisconsin: Sept. 12, 2012
6. this new one, let’s call it the “king of swords” strike, because “Amateur astronomer John McKeon was observing the king of planets by telescope from Swords in Ireland”.

I love the fine details of the fireball that appear in one enhanced frame from the first video. The spacecraft Jove is on its way.

Good, we’ll be able to see photos taken by Jove.

Oops. I mean Juno spacecraft. Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 and will arrive on July 4, 2016.

mollwollfumble said:

Peak Warming Man said:

mollwollfumble said:

Hold on. This is the … um … SIXTH impact photographed, according to the article.

1. Schoemaker-Levy: 9 July 16 and July 22 of 1994
2. Anthony Wesley in Australia (I call this the “bird strike” because Wesley called himself “bird”): July 19, 2009
3. Wesley and Christopher Go in the Philippines: June 3, 2010
4. Masayuki Tachikawa in Japan: Aug. 20, 2010
5. Dan Peterson in Wisconsin: Sept. 12, 2012
6. this new one, let’s call it the “king of swords” strike, because “Amateur astronomer John McKeon was observing the king of planets by telescope from Swords in Ireland”.

I love the fine details of the fireball that appear in one enhanced frame from the first video. The spacecraft Jove is on its way.

Good, we’ll be able to see photos taken by Jove.

Oops. I mean Juno spacecraft. Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 and will arrive on July 4, 2016.

No photos, Juno’s camera is scheduled to die after just seven orbits, fried by Jupiter’s van Allen belt. Who was the idiot who made that decision?