Hubble Views Collossal Polar Cyclone on Mars

Esahubble_opo9922c_1024

esahubble_opo9922c May 19th, 1999

Credit: Jim Bell (Cornell U.), Steve Lee (U. Colorado), Mike Wolff (SSI), andNASA/ESA

Color polar view of the north polar region, showing the location of the storm relative to the classical bright and dark features in this area. The colour composite data (410, 502, and 673 nm) indicate that the storm is fairly dust-free and therefore likely composed mostly of water ice clouds. The bright surface region beneath the eye of the storm can be seen clearly. This map covers the region north of 45 degrees latitude, and is oriented with 0 degrees longitude at the bottom.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9922c/

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
Mars
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Feature > Atmosphere > Storm

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 673.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 502.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 410.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo9922c_1280
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ID
opo9922c
Subject Category
A.1.2.2.2  
Subject Name
Mars
Credits
Jim Bell (Cornell U.), Steve Lee (U. Colorado), Mike Wolff (SSI), andNASA/ESA
Release Date
1999-05-19T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9922c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
673, 502, 410
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
opo9922c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:54:01+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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