Colour-Stretched Visible-Light Composite of Saturn

Esahubble_opo0418c_1024

esahubble_opo0418c May 26th, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)

Cassini image of Saturn taken at a range of 15.1 million miles (24.3 million kilometers) from the planet. The view is from 13 degrees below the equator.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0418c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Saturn
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Type > Gas Giant
Planet > Ring

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Magenta Hubble (ACS) Optical (H-alpha) 658.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 550.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (OIII) 502.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Magenta
Yellow
Green
Cyan
Esahubble_opo0418c_1280
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ID
opo0418c
Subject Category
A.1.1.2   A.1.5  
Subject Name
Saturn
Credits
NASA, ESA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)
Release Date
2004-05-26T22:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0418c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Magenta, Yellow, Green, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, V, OIII, B
Central Wavelength
658, 550, 502, 439
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2150.0, 1000.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0418c
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0418c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2004-05-20T12:49:24-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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