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Jupiter Moon Transit, January 24, 2015 (06:28 UT) – Annotated

Three moons and their shadows parade across Jupiter at 06:28 UT on January 24, 2015. From left to right the moons Callisto and Io are above Jupiter's cloud tops. The shadows from Europa (not seen in the image), Callisto, and Io are strung out from left to right. CreditsNASA, ESA...

Date
Jan 1, 2015
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2015-05-3485-image
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Three moons and their shadows parade across Jupiter at 06:28 UT on January 24, 2015. From left to right the moons Callisto and Io are above Jupiter's cloud tops. The shadows from Europa (not seen in the image), Callisto, and Io are strung out from left to right.

Credits

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameJupiter
Object DescriptionPlanet
DimensionsJupiter has a diameter of roughly 88,789 miles (142,984 km) at the equator.
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe image was created from Hubble data from the following proposal: PI: Z. Levay (STScI), K. Noll (NASA/GSFC), M. Mutchler, J. Mack, L. Frattare, C. Christian, M. Livio, and S. Meyett (Hubble Heritage Team, STScI/AURA), A. Roman (STScI), A. Simon (NASA/GSFC), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and R. Landis (NASA/JSC).
InstrumentHST>WFC3/UVIS
Exposure DatesJanuary 24, 2015 (06:28 UT)
Filters395 nm, 502 nm, and 631 nm
About The Image
Color InfoThese images are composites of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample narrow 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 (395 nm) Green: F502N (502 nm) Red: F631N (631 nm)

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