Closeup of New Dark Spot on Jupiter

Image Details

About The Object
Object Name	Jupiter
Object Description	Planet
Distance	The semi-major axis of Jupiter's orbit about the sun is 5.2 astronomical units (483 million miles or 778 million km). On July 23, 2009 Jupiter was 381 million miles from Earth.
Dimensions	The planet has a diameter of roughly 88,789 miles (142,984 km) at the equator.
About The Data
Data Description	The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), A. Simon-Miller (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), J. Clarke (Boston University), I. de Pater (University of California, Berkeley), K. Noll (STScI), G. Orton (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), A. Sanchez-Lavega (University of the Basque Country, Spain), and M. Wong (STScI).
Instrument	HST>WFC3/UVIS
Exposure Dates	July 23, 2009 19:00 UT
Filters	F225W (225 nm), F275W (275 nm), FQ378N (378 nm), FQ437N (437 nm), FQ508N (508nm), FQ634N (634 nm), FQ727N (727 nm), FQ889N (889 nm), FQ906N (906 nm), and FQ924N (924 nm)
About The Image
Color Info	The image is a composite of separate exposures made by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Three filters were used to sample narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: FQ437N (437 nm) Green: FQ508N (508nm) Red: FQ634N (634 nm)

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