SPIREX Image of Fragment A Impact (spirexA.gif)
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	Plume from explosion of first fragment of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
observed by an infrared telescope at the South Pole called the South Pole
Infrared Explorer (SPIREX). Images are shown before the impact, and about
20 minutes after impact, when the impact site has rotated into view. Both
images show Io, the innermost large moon of Jupiter (the bright spot to
the right) and the dimmer polar regions of the planet (top left and bottom
center), while the post impact image shows a region of bright infrared
emission at the impact site (bright spot to the lower left). These
observations were performed by University of Chicago astronomers Mark
Hereld, Hien Nguyen (at the South Pole), Bernard J. Rauscher, and Scott A.
Severson. 



    
