Blue Light Neptune Global Map from Hubble's OPAL Program (Dark Spot Closeup)
This new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope confirms the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune. The dark spot measures roughly 4,800 kilometers across.
The image shows that the vortex is best seen at blue wavelengths. Only Hubble has the high resolution required for identifying such weather features on distant Neptune.
Links:
- NASA Press release
- Dark spot on Neptune
- Neptune (full colour)
- Image with dark spot (blue light)
- Scale and compass image for dark spot on Neptune
- Neptune (full colour)
- Full colour Neptune global map from Hubble's OPAL programme (dark spot and companion clouds closeup)
NASA, ESA, and M.H. Wong and J. Tollefson (UC Berkeley)
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Neptune |
| Type: | Solar System : Planet : Feature : Atmosphere |
| Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical F467M | 467 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |