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SAAO Image of Fragment A, C & E Impacts

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Image of Jupiter with Io (superimposed) and Europa (to the west) taken by Dr Kaz Sekiguchi with a PtSi camera in the K-band using the 0.75-m telescope of the South African Astronomical Observatory. This 5-min exposure was taken on July 17 at 20:30 UT. Three impact sites are visible with the Great Red Spot on the western limb. The brightest is from fragment E with A in the centre and C near the south-east limb.

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