Animation of Saturn’s northern auroras
This video uses different observations of Saturn: While the observations in the optical, showing the planet itself, were made in 2018, the observations of the auroras were collected in 2017.
The video shows how the auroras in Saturn’s northern regions vary over time. The variability of the auroras is influenced by both the solar wind and the rapid rotation of Saturn.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, NASA & L. Lamy (Observatoire de Paris)
About the Video
Id: | heic1815a |
Release date: | 30 August 2018, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1815 |
Duration: | 19 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Saturn |
Type: | Solar System : Planet : Feature : Atmosphere : Aurora |
Category: | Solar System |