Dark impact mark in Jupiters south polar region

bird wrote:

at 3am all I could imagine was an impactor

Well 'spotted' Anthony!
It'd want to be some insane weather to cause that
but anything is possible.

Newer images, showing multiple dark spots are here:

jupiter.samba.org

Looks more and more like an impact from a fragmented body, one large impact site and several small sites in a line.

cheers, Bird

Wow,
ok,
multiple markings!

(I can't seem to open that newer image Anthony)

I took this shot of the area tonight 2.37am and was
surprised at just how easy it was to see it.
Io is just on the limb here also with it's shadow being cast.



10'' SCT & Philips SPC900 webcam.

Unfortunately I could not load the new key for KCCCD tools
as there is no current update so I could only capture in 15 FPS
which is a pain as the seeing was excellent tonight.

Thanks for the heads up Bird and well done
on discovering it.

I've been crushed by slashdot. The site has moved to jupiter.samba.org

Thanks Tridge, yer a ledgend mate.

cheers, Anthony

This thread has made the front page of the main Reddit and its hit the #1 spot in the Science Reddit:

www.reddit.com/r/science/

ps Received confirmation from JPL that this is an impactor, not a local weather event. WooHoo!

Bird