Yep - I remember being able to just barely see one of the larger black "scars" with my trusty old orange C8 from my back yard in SLC. It was amazing. I'd seen Jupiter through a telescope a zillion times prior to that and its appearance was always the same - until that night. The planet had visibly changed. Imagine looking at Mt. Rushmore through a telescope for your thousandth time, but on this one observation you saw Lincoln sneeze. That's how cool S-L 9's impact on Jupiter was. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 9:32 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] 18 years ago tonight ...the first fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacted Jupiter. I'll never forget those views. For weeks (even months!) the upper-atmosphere scars remained visible in small telescopes. I remember just being absolutely floored at what I saw in the eyepiece. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".