Three moons and their shadows parade across Jupiter end of event

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esahubble_heic1504f February 5th, 2015

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image capturesa rare occurrence as three of Jupiters largest moons parade across the giant gas planets banded face. The image shows the end of the event. Europa has entered the frame at lower left with slower-moving Callisto above and to the right of it. Meanwhile Io which orbits significantly closer to Jupiter is approaching the eastern limb of the planet. The movement of the moons is shown in the video created from Hubble stills and an annotated version is also available.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1504f/

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
Callisto Europa Io Jupiter
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Satellite

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFC3) Optical (R) 631.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFC3) Optical (V) 502.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFC3) Optical (B) 395.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
heic1504f
Subject Category
A.1.4  
Subject Name
Callisto, Europa, Io, Jupiter
Credits
NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team
Release Date
2015-02-05T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1504f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
631, 502, 395
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1000.0, 1000.0
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
heic1504f
Metadata Date
2015-02-02T10:47:09-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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