Hubble Provides Complete View of Jupiter's Auroras

Esahubble_opo9804c_1024

esahubble_opo9804c January 7th, 1998

Credit: John Clarke (University of Michigan), and NASA/ESA

Images taken in ultraviolet light by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) show both auroras, the oval- shaped objects in the inset photos. While the Hubble telescope has obtained images of Jupiter's northern and southern lights since 1990, the new STIS instrument is 10 times more sensitive than earlier cameras.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9804c/

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
Jupiter
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Type > Gas Giant
Planet > Feature > Atmosphere > Aurora

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (STIS ) Ultraviolet (U) -
Blue Hubble (STIS ) Ultraviolet (U) -
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ID
opo9804c
Subject Category
A.1.1.2   A.1.2.2.4  
Subject Name
Jupiter
Credits
John Clarke (University of Michigan), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1998-01-07T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9804c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
STIS , STIS
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Ultraviolet, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
U, U
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
opo9804c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:50:15+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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