Lick Observatory 40-inch Telescope Image of Three Comet
Impact Spots on Jupiter


Three impact sites from Comet Shoemaker-Levy fragments
are clearly visible in this enhanced image from the
Lick Observatory 40-inch Nickel telescope.  The image
was taken 18 July 1994 in a methane filter centered at
8950 A in the near-infrared. The sites from fragments C,
A, and E can be seen from left to right just above the
south polar hood at the bottom of the image. The two
spots on the left at a slightly higher latitude are the
long-lived white ovals regularly present on Jupiter. At
the time of this image, impact A had occured 33 hours
previous. Impacts C and E were 12 and 14 hours old
respectively.

Mike Brown, David Schlegel, Hy Spinrad, U.C. Berkeley; Ray Newburn, JPL
