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Compass and Scale Image for Jupiter Great Red Spot

CreditsIllustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)

Date
Jan 1, 2014
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2014-24-3371-image
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Credits

Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameJupiter
Object DescriptionPlanet
DistanceThe semi-major axis of Jupiter's orbit about the Sun is 5.2 astronomical units (483 million miles or 778 million km).
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe Jupiter images are from HST proposals: 1995 Data: PI: R. Beebe (New Mexico State University), M. Belton (NOAO/AURA), C. Cunningham (Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science), P. Gierasch (Cornell University), A. Ingersoll (Caltech), G. Orton (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), J. Pollack (NASA Ames Research Center), and K. Rages (SETI Institute) 2009 Data: PI: H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), A. Simon (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center), T. Clarke (Boston University), I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley), K. Noll (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center), G. Orton (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), A. Sanchez-Lavega (Universidad del País Vasco), and M. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) 2014 Data: PI: A. Simon (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), G. Orton (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), J. Rogers (University of Cambridge, UK), and M. Wong and I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley)
Exposure Dates1995, 2009, 2014
FiltersWFPC2 (1995): F410M, F555W, and F673N WFC3/UVIS (2009): FQ437N, FQ508N, and FQ634N WFC3/UVIS (2014): F395N, F502W, and F631N
About The Image
Color Info1995 image: Blue: F410M, Green: F555W, Red: F673N 2009 image: Blue: FQ437N, Green: FQ508N, Red: FQ634N 2014 image: Blue: F395N, Green: F502W, Red: F631N

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