Hubble provides infrared view of moon, ring and clouds

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esahubble_opo9737a November 20th, 1997

Credit: Reta Beebe (New Mexico State University), and NASA/ESA

Probing Jupiter's atmosphere for the first time, the Hubble Space Telescope's new Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer(NICMOS) provides a sharp glimpse of the planet's ring, moon, and high-altitude clouds.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9737a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Jupiter
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Type > Gas Giant
Esahubble_opo9737a_1280
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ID
opo9737a
Subject Category
A.1.1.2  
Subject Name
Jupiter
Credits
Reta Beebe (New Mexico State University), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-11-20T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9737a/
Type
Observation
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Facility
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Bandpass
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Notes
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Equinox
Reference Value
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1200.0, 896.0
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Rotation
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FITS Header
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Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
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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
opo9737a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:49:16+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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