A Close-Up Look at Jupiter’s Dynamic Atmosphere
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the intricate, detailed beauty of Jupiter’s clouds in this new image taken on 27 June 2019 by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, when the planet was 644 million kilometres from Earth. The image features the distinct bands of roiling clouds that are characteristic of Jupiter’s atmosphere and represents a
stretched-out map of the entire planet.
Researchers combined several Hubble exposures to create this flat map, which excludes the polar regions (above 80 degrees latitude). These observations of Jupiter form part of the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) programme.
Credit:NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley)
About the Image
Id: | heic1914b |
Type: | Planetary |
Release date: | 8 August 2019, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1914 |
Size: | 7200 x 3196 px |
About the Object
Name: | Great Red Spot, Jupiter |
Type: | Solar System : Planet : Feature : Atmosphere |
Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical Ca II | 395 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical O III | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical O I | 631 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
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