Jupiter impact

On the 19th of July, Anthony Wesley spotted an impact in the cloud layers of Jupiter! (as reported at SpaceWeather.com).

It reminded most astronomer of the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy-9 which occurred on July 16th, 1994, 15 years earlier almost to the day!

The Hubble Space Telescope took the photographs below of this latest impact on the 23rd, of July.

But you do not need HST to see the impact - any medium-sized amateur telescope will show up the impact, even now a week later. And it is prime-time to see Jupiter, which is rising in the East at 10pm local time, and is visible throughout the night!