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Color Image of Multiple P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet Impacts on Jupiter

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stsci_1994-34a July 22nd, 1994

Credit: Hubble Space Telescope Comet Tea

Image of Jupiter with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's Planetary Camera. Eight impact sights are visible. From left to right are the E/F complex (barley visible on the edge of the planet), the star shaped H site, the impact sites for tiny N, Q1, small Q2, and R, and on the far right limb the D/G complex. The D/G complex also shows extended haze at the edge of the planet. The features are rapidly evolving on timescales of days. The smallest features in the this image are less than 200 kilometers across. This image is a color composite of three filters at 9530, 550, and 4100 Angstroms.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-34

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Type: Planetary
Object Name: Jupiter • Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
Subject - Solar System: Interplanetary Body > Comet; Planet > Type > Gas Giant

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 57m 31.5s; DEC = -12° 45’ 54.2”
Constellation: Cetus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	410.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm
	Hubble (WFPC)	Optical (Near-IR)	953.0 nm

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ID: 1994-34a
Subject Category: A.2.2 A.1.1.2
Subject Name: Jupiter, Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9
Credits: Hubble Space Telescope Comet Tea

Release Date: 1994-07-22T00:00:00
Lightyears: 8.22e-5
Redshift: 8.22e-5
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-34

Type: Planetary
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance from Earth in miles: 483000000

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, V, Near-IR
Central Wavelength: 410, 555, 953

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 14.3811022, -12.7650500
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City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
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Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9434a-f-705x665.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9434a-f-705x665.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1994/34

Metadata Date: 2022-09-07
Metadata Version: 1.2

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