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NASA/ESA: Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter

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Hubble Captures Crisp New Portrait of Jupiter's Storms
NASA | GSFC | STScI | HubbleSite | 2020 Sep 17
This latest image of Jupiter, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on Aug. 25, 2020, was captured when the planet was 406 million miles from Earth. Hubble’s sharp view is giving researchers an updated weather report on the monster planet’s turbulent atmosphere, including a remarkable new storm brewing, and a cousin of the famous Great Red Spot region gearing up to change color – again.

A unique and exciting detail of Hubble’s snapshot appears at mid-northern latitudes as a bright, white, stretched-out storm traveling around the planet at 350 miles per hour (560 kilometers per hour). This single plume erupted on Aug. 18, 2020 – and ground-based observers have discovered two more that appeared later at the same latitude. ...

Hubble shows that the Great Red Spot, rolling counterclockwise in the planet’s southern hemisphere, is plowing into the clouds ahead of it, forming a cascade of white and beige ribbons. The Great Red Spot is currently an exceptionally rich red color, with its core and outermost band appearing deeper red. ...

Another feature researchers are noticing has changed is Oval BA, nicknamed by astronomers as Red Spot Jr., which appears just below the Great Red Spot in this image. For the past few years, Red Spot Jr. has been fading in color to its original shade of white after appearing red in 2006. However, now the core of this storm appears to be darkening slightly. This could hint that Red Spot Jr. is on its way to turning to a color more similar to its cousin once again. ...

The icy moon Europa, thought to hold potential ingredients for life, is visible to the left of the gas giant. ...

Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter and Europa
ESA Hubble Photo Release | 2020 Sep 17
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Re: NASA/ESA: Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter

Post by Ann » Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:57 am

bystander wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2020 7:38 pm Hubble Captures Crisp New Portrait of Jupiter's Storms
NASA | GSFC | STScI | HubbleSite | 2020 Sep 17
This latest image of Jupiter, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on Aug. 25, 2020, was captured when the planet was 406 million miles from Earth. Hubble’s sharp view is giving researchers an updated weather report on the monster planet’s turbulent atmosphere, including a remarkable new storm brewing, and a cousin of the famous Great Red Spot region gearing up to change color – again.

A unique and exciting detail of Hubble’s snapshot appears at mid-northern latitudes as a bright, white, stretched-out storm traveling around the planet at 350 miles per hour (560 kilometers per hour). This single plume erupted on Aug. 18, 2020 – and ground-based observers have discovered two more that appeared later at the same latitude. ...

Hubble shows that the Great Red Spot, rolling counterclockwise in the planet’s southern hemisphere, is plowing into the clouds ahead of it, forming a cascade of white and beige ribbons. The Great Red Spot is currently an exceptionally rich red color, with its core and outermost band appearing deeper red. ...

Another feature researchers are noticing has changed is Oval BA, nicknamed by astronomers as Red Spot Jr., which appears just below the Great Red Spot in this image. For the past few years, Red Spot Jr. has been fading in color to its original shade of white after appearing red in 2006. However, now the core of this storm appears to be darkening slightly. This could hint that Red Spot Jr. is on its way to turning to a color more similar to its cousin once again. ...

The icy moon Europa, thought to hold potential ingredients for life, is visible to the left of the gas giant. ...

Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter and Europa
ESA Hubble Photo Release | 2020 Sep 17
That's a very fine image, but the colors are almost shockingly bright. The Great Red Spot is vibrantly brick red, and one of the hot spots at upper right is almost impossibly blue.

I checked out the ESA/Hubble web page, but they had no information on the filters that were used for this image.

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Re: NASA/ESA: Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter

Post by bystander » Fri Sep 18, 2020 5:03 am

Ann wrote: Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:57 am I checked out the ESA/Hubble web page, but they had no information on the filters that were used for this image.
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/i ... 4741-Image
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Re: NASA/ESA: Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter

Post by Ann » Fri Sep 18, 2020 5:13 am

Thanks, bystander. I couldn't find that info on my own.

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