SL-9 and Jupiter: Images

This page contains images with captions from the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter. They are arranged in (roughly) reverse chronological order. Most were obtained with telescopes at the ESO La Silla Observatory.

• Farewell IR images from La Silla, July 30/31st: Click here for D,G,R,S impact area and here for the the view 5 hours later.
• Infrared spectra from plume of H impact: First spectrum - near centre of H impact region; Second spectrum - at leading side of H impact region.
• Q impacts, 2.3 microns, from Calar Alto, July 20: Click here for picture
• Impact L, 10 microns from NOT, La Palma, July 19: Click here for picture
• Spots G,L and K, methane band, La Silla, July 19: Click here for picture
• Variation of the brightness of plume H: Click here for plot, and here for another plot (time values slightly earlier).
• Impact H, 10 microns from La Silla, July 18: Click here for picture
• Impact H, 10 microns sequence of 9 images from La Silla, July 18: Click here for picture
• Impacts A and E, 2.1 micron from La Silla, July 18: Click here for picture
• Impacts A and E, 5 micron from La Silla, July 18: Click here for picture
• HST image of plume, July 16. Click for picture: Plume image
• First Impact images from La Silla, July 17: Click for pictures: Image 1, Image 2, Image 3, Image 4, Image 5, Image 6, Image 7
• First Impact image from HST, July 17: Click for picture: WF/PC image
• Last SL9 Images from La Silla, July 15: Click for pictures: Fragments E-H Fragments L-W Last Picture 
• Colour images of Jupiter, July 14: Click for pictures: Image 1 Image 2 Image 3
• Three Days to go - NTT image, July 13. Click here for picture.
• Five Days to go - NTT image, July 11. Click here for picture.
• Jupiter before the impacts, July 12. Click here for picture.
• ESO Schmidt Camera view of the comet approaching Jupiter. Click here for picture (100k).
• Hubble Space Telescope, True colour image of Jupiter and Io, July 13. Click here for picture (91k).
• The ESO SL-9/Jupiter Information Package, July 5 1994 A 36-page text version. Photos: July 1 composite of 2 Danish 1.5m CCD images of SL 9; La Silla; TIMMI; Munich Fast Photometer; ST-ECF and all photo captions.
• ESO Press Release eso9410, 20 May 1994 ESO's media-related plans (with image).