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Jupiter Compass Image
Two views of the giant gas planet Jupiter appear side-by-side for comparison. At the top, left corner of the left image is the label Jupiter, November 12, 2022, HST WFC3/UVIS. At the left, bottom corner of the left image is a small, horizontal, white line. Over this line is the v...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2023
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2023-007-01gv3gpdcneq2hwwphe066afhp
Two views of the giant gas planet Jupiter appear side-by-side for comparison. At the top, left corner of the left image is the label Jupiter, November 12, 2022, HST WFC3/UVIS. At the left, bottom corner of the left image is a small, horizontal, white line. Over this line is the value 34,000 miles. Below the line is the value 55,000 kilometers. At the top, left corner of the right image is the label January 6, 2023. At the top, right corner of the right image are three, colored labels representing the color filters used to make these pictures. Located on three separate lines, these are F395N in blue, F503N in green, and FG31N in red. At the left, bottom corner is a small, horizontal, white line, which is slightly smaller than its counterpart on the left. On the top of the line is the value 34,000 miles, and below the line is the value 55,000 kilometers. On the bottom, right corner of the right image are compass arrows showing north toward the top, left corner and east toward the bottom, left corner.
Credits
Science
NASA, ESA, STScI, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael H. Wong (UC Berkeley)
Image Processing
Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Jupiter |
| Object Description | Planet |
| Distance | On Nov. 12, 2022 Jupiter was 4.26 AU from Earth (about 396 million miles). On Jan. 06, 2023 Jupiter was 5.07 AU from Earth (about 472 million miles). |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The HST observations include those from program (A. Simon) |
| Instrument | WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | 12 Nov. 2022, 06 Jan. 2023 |
| Filters | F395N, F502N, F631N |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample medium wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F395N, Green: F502N, Red: F631N |
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