Stormy Weather on Jupiter

Esahubble_opo9518b_1024

esahubble_opo9518b March 31st, 1995

Credit: Reta Beebe, Amy Simon (New Mexico State Univ.), and NASA/ESA

Hubble Space Telescope is following dramatic and rapid changes in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere that will be critical for targeting observations made by the Galileo space probe when it arrives at the giant planet later this year. This Hubble image provides a detailed look at a unique cluster of three white oval-shaped storms that lie southwest (below and to the left) of Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9518b/

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
Great Red Spot Jupiter
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Type > Gas Giant
Planet > Feature > Atmosphere > Storm

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (SII) 673.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 410.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo9518b
Subject Category
A.1.1.2   A.1.2.2.2  
Subject Name
Great Red Spot, Jupiter
Credits
Reta Beebe, Amy Simon (New Mexico State Univ.), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1995-03-31T07:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9518b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
SII, V, B
Central Wavelength
673, 555, 410
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
opo9518b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:44:00+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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