Jupiter's New Red Spot - HST ACS/HRC: April 8, 2006

esahubble_opo0619b May 4th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Simon-Miller (NASA/GSFC)

Image of the partial disk of Jupiter from ACS/HRC on April 8, 2006 at 02:33UT. This contrast-enhanced image was taken in blue (F435W) and red (F656N) light. The group involved with the observation was led by Amy Simon-Miller (NASA GoddardSpace Flight Center), Glenn Orton (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Nancy Chanover (New Mexico State University).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0619b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Jupiter • Red Spot
Subject - Solar System: Planet

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (R)	656.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	550.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm

ID: opo0619b
Subject Category: A.1
Subject Name: Jupiter, Red Spot
Credits: NASA, ESA, and A. Simon-Miller (NASA/GSFC)

Release Date: 2006-05-04T19:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0619b/

Type: Observation
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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, V, B
Central Wavelength: 656, 550, 435

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo0619b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0619b.jpg
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Metadata Date: 2006-05-02T14:03:18-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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