Pluto system: March 2, 2006

Esahubble_opo0615c_1024

esahubble_opo0615c March 10th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab), A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team

These Hubble Space Telescope images of Pluto's two newly discovered satellites reveal that the new moons have the same color as Charon.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0615c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Charon Hydra Nix Pluto
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Satellite
Interplanetary Body > Dwarf planet

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Grayscale Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Grayscale
Esahubble_opo0615c_1280
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ID
opo0615c
Subject Category
A.1.4   A.2.1  
Subject Name
Charon, Hydra, Nix, Pluto
Credits
NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab), A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team
Release Date
2006-03-10T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0615c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Grayscale, Grayscale
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
V, B
Central Wavelength
606, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
400.0, 400.0
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
opo0615c
Metadata Date
2006-03-08T13:03:19-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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