A impact plume.(44k). HST
image (in the 953 nm filter) of plume near the terminator of Jupiter at the
time of the A impact at 20:18:17. A bright feature appears 100-1500 km above
the limb of Jupiter. The apparent detachment is due to the shadow of Jupiter
on the plume with the top visible by reflected sunlight. The temporal sequence
shows the plume spreading and "pancaking" back down over the atmosphere.
The feature is visible at wavelengths ranging from UV through the near-IR.
A impact, July 16,1994.(139k).
>HST image of Jupiter's cloudtops after the first impact of the A fragment
on 16 July at 5:32 EDT, 1.5 hours after impact. A violet filter (410 nm) of
the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC-2) was used to take this image.
The impact site in the lower left of the image is several thousand km in size.
A,C,E impact zones July
17, 1994.(185k). HST image from the WFPC-2 in two different wavelengths;
blue and far-UV (1400-2100 and 3100-3600 Angstroms respectively). The images
were taken 20 minutes apart on 17 July around 2pm EDT (19:00UT). Shown from
left to right are impact sites from fragment C, A and E about 12, 23 and 4
hours after each collision. Jupiter's satellite Io is visible above the center
of the disk.
Plume of G impact site, July
18, 1994..(48k)
G impact site July 18, 1994.(81k)
G impact site July 18, 1994.(45k)
Q impact site
in color, full resolution. July 20, 1994(173k)
Q impact site b/w. July
20,1994.(241k)
UV of Jupiter after R
impact showing several impact sites.(100k). UV image of Jupiter taken
by WFPC of HST. Shows atmosphere at 2550 Angstroms after many of the impacts
of Shoemaker-Levy 9, the most recent being R. R impact is below the center
of Jupiter (third dark spot from the right). This image was taken at 3:55
EDT, July 21, about 2.5 hours after R's impact.
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