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Compass and Scale Image of Jupiter Moon Transit
During the observations of the Jovian triple-moon conjunction on January 24, 2015, Hubble also captured the smaller moons Amalthea and Thebe and their shadows traversing the cloud-covered face of Jupiter. CreditsNASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA); Science: NASA, ESA, and the H...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2015
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2015-05-3489-image
During the observations of the Jovian triple-moon conjunction on January 24, 2015, Hubble also captured the smaller moons Amalthea and Thebe and their shadows traversing the cloud-covered face of Jupiter.
Credits
NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA);Science: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Jupiter |
| Object Description | Planet |
| Dimensions | Jupiter 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 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). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | January 24, 2015 |
| Filters | 395 nm, 502 nm, and 631 nm |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These 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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