Mars dust storm: October 28, 2005 (ACS/HRC)

Esahubble_opo0534d_1024

esahubble_opo0534d November 3rd, 2005

Credit: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (Cornell University) and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute)

Hubble images of the Sinus Meridiani region taken on October 28, 2005 show evidence of a regional dust storm. A comparable Hubble image taken on June 26, 2001 of the same region shows a storm-free environment. The dust storm, which is about 930 miles (1500 km) long, is about the size of the states of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico combined. Ground-based amateur telescopes have been watching the storm grow and evolve.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0534d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Mars
Subject - Solar System
Planet

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 631.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 502.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Ultraviolet (U) 250.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo0534d_1280
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ID
opo0534d
Subject Category
A.1  
Subject Name
Mars
Credits
NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (Cornell University) and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute)
Release Date
2005-11-03T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0534d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
R, V, U
Central Wavelength
631, 502, 250
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1403.0, 1780.0
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
opo0534d
Metadata Date
2005-11-01T17:15:01-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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