Date1994-08CreatorHubble Space Telescope Comet TeamO'Dell, C. RobertFormatPhotographDescriptionThis large feature, resembling a planet-sixed "black eye" was created by the impact of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9's fragment "G" on July 18, 1994 at 3:28 A.M. EDT. The smaller feature to the left of the fragment "G" impact site was formed on July 27, 1994, at 7:45 A.M. EDT by the impact of fragment "D".
Eight comet impact sites are visible in this image taken near the end of the week-long bombardment of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 during July 1994.
August 1994 photo release titled, "Hubble Probes the Great Orion Nebula."
This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a region of the Great Nebula of Orion. Description SourcePhotograph