The Surface of Pluto

Esahubble_opo9609a3_1024

esahubble_opo9609a3 March 7th, 1996

Credit: Alan Stern (Southwest Research Institute), Marc Buie (Lowell Observatory), NASA and ESA

This image is from a global map constructed through computer image processing performed on the Hubble data. The tile pattern is an artifact of the image enhancement technique.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9609a3/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Pluto
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Dwarf planet

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (FOC) Optical (B) -
Esahubble_opo9609a3_1280
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ID
opo9609a3
Subject Category
A.2.1  
Subject Name
Pluto
Credits
Alan Stern (Southwest Research Institute), Marc Buie (Lowell Observatory), NASA and ESA
Release Date
1996-03-07T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9609a3/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
FOC
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
B
Central Wavelength
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
opo9609a3
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:45:59+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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