Hubble Views Collossal Polar Cyclone on Mars

Esahubble_opo9922d_1024

esahubble_opo9922d May 19th, 1999

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

Enhanced orthographic view of the storm centered on 65 deg. N latitude, 85 deg. W longitude. The image has been processed to bring out additional detail in the storm's spiral cloud structures.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9922d/

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

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 673.0 nm
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 502.0 nm
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 410.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Grayscale
Grayscale
Esahubble_opo9922d_1280
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ID
opo9922d
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/opo9922d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Grayscale, Grayscale, Grayscale
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
opo9922d
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:54:02+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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