Dark impact mark in Jupiters south polar region

Cool.
It sure does look like one of those impact scars from before.

I must have a look at this tonight,
I'll try to get an image also if the weather holds.

For the rest of the month transit times will be roughly;

(All times are BST)

July 20 02:33; 12:29; 22:25
July 21 08:20; 18:16
July 22 04:11; 14:07;
July 23 00:03; 09:59; 19:55
July 24 05:50; 15:46
July 25 01:42; 11:37; 21:33
July 26 07:27; 17:23
July 27 03:18; 13:14; 23:10
July 28 09:05; 19:01
July 29 04:56; 14:52
July 30 00:48; 09:44; 20:40
July 31 06:35; 16:31

These are close enough until a better SysII longitude is known.

Dave_Lillis wrote:

wow, thats amazing, it sure does remind me of the impacts that comet shoemaker-levy made all those years ago..

One thing I noticed is Anthony's image has a very sharp edge. Remember the SL9 scars had an arc surrounding them like a black eye. This might suggest an impact from something harder like an asteroid (which punches deeper) rather than a comet. Still speculation of course.

Oh and just a note of caution before we all get too excited;

photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01496

BTW even if it is weather ther's still plenty of reason to get excited!!

Very well spotted! I've been observing Jupiter closely for the past month or so, but only through binoculars. Excellent image

Just goes to show - we can never have too many images of anything in astronomy - its always of value.

Mark