Jupiter's Great Red Spot

Esahubble_opo9929d_1024

esahubble_opo9929d August 5th, 1999

Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA/ESA) and Amy Simon (Cornell U.)

When 17th-century astronomers first turned their telescopes to Jupiter, they noted a conspicuous reddish spot on the giant planet. This Great Red Spot is still present in Jupiter's atmosphere, more than 300 years later. It is now known that it is a vast storm, spinning like a cyclone. Unlike a low-pressure hurricane in the Caribbean Sea, however, the Red Spot rotates in a counterclockwise direction in the southern hemisphere, showing that it is a high-pressure system. Winds inside this Jovian storm reach speeds of about 270 mph.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9929d/

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 > Storm

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (SIII) 953.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 718.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (SII) 673.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 410.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo9929d_1280
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ID
opo9929d
Subject Category
A.1.1.2   A.1.2.2.2  
Subject Name
Jupiter
Credits
Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA/ESA) and Amy Simon (Cornell U.)
Release Date
1999-08-05T18:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9929d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
SIII, R, SII, V, B, B
Central Wavelength
953, 718, 673, 555, 439, 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
opo9929d
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:54:35+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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