Hubble/IRTF Composite Image of Jupiter Storms

stsci_2008-06d January 23rd, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, IRTF, and A. Sanchez-Lavega and R. Hueso (Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain)

The background image is from Hubble Space Telescope and shows the turbulent pattern generated by the two plumes on May 11, 2007 (upper left part of Jupiter). The two bright plumes detach in the superimposed small infrared image obtained at the NASA-IRTF facility a month before, on April 5, 2007.

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Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-06

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Image Details

Image Type: Planetary
Object Name: Jupiter
Subject - Solar System: Planet > Type > Gas Giant

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 7m 16.5s; DEC = -22° 8’ 57.8”
Constellation: Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (Strömgren v)	410.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical ([OIII])	502.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical ([SII])	673.0 nm
IRTF (NSFCam2)	Infrared	2.3 µm

ID: 2008-06d
Subject Category: A.1.1.2
Subject Name: Jupiter
Credits: NASA, ESA, IRTF, and A. Sanchez-Lavega and R. Hueso (Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain)

Release Date: 2008-01-23T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-06

Type: Planetary
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, IRTF
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, NSFCam2
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: Strömgren v, [OIII], [SII], -
Central Wavelength: 410, 502, 673, 2300

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 256.81893333, -22.14939444
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Quality: Position
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0806d-f-2000x2199.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/06

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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