Rare Hubble Portrait of Io and Jupiter

Esahubble_opo9630a_1024

esahubble_opo9630a October 4th, 1996

Credit: J. Spencer (Lowell Observatory), and NASA/ESA

This image, shows Jupiter's volcanic moon Io passing above the turbulent clouds of the giant planet, on July 24, 1996. The conspicuous black spot on Jupiter is Io's shadow. The smallest details visible on Io and Jupiter are about 100 miles across (about 160 kilometres). Bright patches visible on Io are regions of sulfur dioxide frost.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9630a/

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
Io • Jupiter
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Type > Gas Giant
Planet > Satellite

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 410.0 nm
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 340.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Grayscale
Esahubble_opo9630a_1280
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ID
opo9630a
Subject Category
A.1.1.2   A.1.4  
Subject Name
Io, Jupiter
Credits
J. Spencer (Lowell Observatory), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1996-10-04T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9630a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Grayscale, Grayscale
Band
Ultraviolet, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
U, U
Central Wavelength
410, 340
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
720.0, 600.0
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
opo9630a
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9630a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:47:09+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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