Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter...

No, you aren't in a time warp...

the Sky and Telescope website has an article called "Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: A Decade Later", which at one point talks about Levy observing the planet visually with a 12 inch scope...

This collision event occured before I got back into observing myself, and I don't remember seeing anything other than HST photos of the event.

Does anyone have records of their own observations they'd like to share to commemorate this anniversary? Or at least know of web sites with amateur observations (photos, sketches, or written) of the event?

I remember viewing it that night with a Televue Genesis SDF. The blackness of the impact points in the clouds was so dramatic, so high contrast compared to typical Jovian features, that even my wife was impressed, and she is usually a quick-glance, "gee that's pretty" type of viewer.

Alas, I made no sketches, and I don't recall the fading-dispersal of the marks in the cloud tops over the next week or so. Maybe it got cloudy here? I sure remember where Jupiter was in the sky, where my tripod was on the deck etc. that first night. It was the astronomical equivalent of a "where were you when JFK was shot..." event.

It's hard to believe its been ten years 8O .

I made a number of drawings for ALPO with an 8" F/6 Meade Newt reflector. I remember the impact spots being quite bright and very definite. I made probably 20-30 drawings and sent them all into ALPO. Dumb me, I didn't keep any copies or other records. Since I know David Levy, I had quite a ball recording the results of his comet.

Paul Maxson