Hubble image archive
Blue Light Neptune Global Map from Hubble's OPAL Program (Dark Spot Closeup)
CreditsNASA, ESA, and M.H. Wong and J. Tollefson (UC Berkeley)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2016
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2016-22-3753-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and M.H. Wong and J. Tollefson (UC Berkeley)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Neptune |
| Object Description | Planet |
| Distance | The semi-major axis of Neptune's orbit about the sun is 30.06 astronomical units (roughly 2.8 billion miles or 4.5 billion kilometers). |
| Dimensions | Neptune has a diameter of roughly 30,800 miles (49,600 kilometers) at the equator. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | Data were provided by the HST proposal : M.H. Wong (PI), I. de Pater, J. Tollefson, and K. de Kleer (UC Berkeley), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), S. Cook (AMNH), R. Hueso and A. Sanchez-Lavega (University of the Basque Country, Spain), A. Simon (NASA/GSFC), M. Delcroix (French Astronomical Society, SAF), L. Sromovsky and P. Fry (University of Wisconsin, Madison), G. Orton (JPL), and C. Baranec (University of Hawaii, Manoa). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | May 16, 2016 |
| Filters | F467M |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This image is a single, monochrome filter that isolated blue light (F467M) was used to record 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. Blue: F467M |
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