Unconfirmed asteroid impact with Jupiter captured by amateur astronomers

[6Foot2]

 

The observations were made by Gerrit Kernbauer, an amateur astronomer in Mödling, Austria.

 

The video below was taken by John McKeon, in Swords, just north of Dublin who observed the same event:

 

[Trapper]

Which of the three Galilean Moons can you see in the bottom video?

[Geoff]

I misread the thread title as 'caused by amateur astronomers' and was left wondering how powerful their telescope was.

[6Foot2]

Which of the three Galilean Moons can you see in the bottom video?

 

...Galilean moons Europa and Io close on the west side of their parent planet...

 

Link: Amateur astronomers video impact on Jupiter

 

I misread the thread title as 'caused by amateur astronomers' and was left wondering how powerful their telescope was.

 

That would be VERY powerful as the resulting explosion was similar in size/scale to the Earth.

 

[Joanne]

I watched this this morning. Facinating.