Hubble image archive
Saturn Compass and Scale
CreditsIllustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Science: NASA, ESA, and J. Nichols (University of Leicester)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2010
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2010-09-2701-image
Credits
Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);Science: NASA, ESA, and J. Nichols (University of Leicester)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Saturn |
| Object Description | Planet |
| Distance | The semi-major axis of Saturn's orbit about the sun is 9.5 astronomical units (A.U.) or roughly 1.4 billion km. |
| Dimensions | The planet (without rings) has a diameter of roughly 75,000 miles (120,000 km) at the equator. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposals and : J. Nichols et al. The science team comprises: J. Nichols, S. Badman, and E. Bunce (University of Leicester), J. Clarke (Boston University), S. Cowley (University of Leicester), F. Crary (Southwest Research Institute), M. Dougherty (Imperial College, London), J.-C. Gerard and D. Grodent (University of Liege), K. Hansen (University of Michigan), W. Kurth (University of Iowa), D. Mitchell (JHU/APL), W. Pryor (Central Arizona College), T. Stallard and L. Talboys (University of Leicester), and S. Wannawichian (Boston University). |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/SBC |
| Exposure Dates | January - March 2009 |
| Filters | F115LP (UV) and F125LP (UV) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This image was originally black and white and recorded only overall brightness. These brightness values were translated into a range of bluish hues. Such color "maps" can be useful in helping to distinguish subtly varying brightness in an image. |
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