Neptune in Primary Colours

Esahubble_opo9633c_1024

esahubble_opo9633c October 24th, 1996

Credit: Lawrence Sromovsky (University of Wisconsin-Madison), NASA/ESA

Clouds elevated above most of the methane absorption appear white, while the very highest clouds tend to be yellow-red as seen in the bright feature at the top of the image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9633c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Neptune
Subject - Solar System
Planet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) -
Esahubble_opo9633c_1280
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ID
opo9633c
Subject Category
A.1  
Subject Name
Neptune
Credits
Lawrence Sromovsky (University of Wisconsin-Madison), NASA/ESA
Release Date
1996-10-24T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9633c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
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
opo9633c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:47:15+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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