Jupiter's New Red Spot - HST ACS/HRC: April 25, 2006

Esahubble_opo0619d_1024

esahubble_opo0619d May 4th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, I. de Pater, and M. Wong (UC Berkeley)

Deprojected map image of the Red Spot region of Jupiter from ACS/HRC at 00:41 UT on April 25, 2006. Each pixel spans 0.05 in latitude and longitude, with the top of the image lying just along the equator. Three filters are shown here in red (F658N), green (F502N), and blue (F435W).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0619d/

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
Jupiter • Red Spot
Subject - Solar System
Planet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 658.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 502.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo0619d_1280
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ID
opo0619d
Subject Category
A.1  
Subject Name
Jupiter, Red Spot
Credits
NASA, ESA, I. de Pater, and M. Wong (UC Berkeley)
Release Date
2006-05-04T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0619d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
658, 502, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
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
opo0619d
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0619d.jpg
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2006-05-02T13:44-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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