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Jupiter’s New Red Spot – HST ACS/WFC: April 16, 2006

Jupiter's New Red Spot - HST ACS/WFC: April 16, 2006
Image of the full disk of Jupiter from ACS/WFC at 18:42 UT, April 16, 2006. Two filters are shown in red/orange (F892N, near-IR strong methane band) and blue/cyan (F502N continuum/cyan light). The Hubble group that conducted this observation is led jointly by Imke de Pater (UCB Astronomy) and Philip Marcus (UCB Mechanical Engineering). Other team members are Michael Wong (UCB Astronomy), Xylar Asay-Davis (UCB Mechanical Engineering), and Christopher Go, an amateur astronomer with the Astronomical League of the Philippines.

About the Object

  • Distance
    DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
    The semi-major axis of Jupiter's orbit about the sun is 5.2 Astronomical Units (778 million km or 483 million miles).
  • Dimensions
    DimensionsThe physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky.
    The planet has a diameter of roughly 88,789 miles (142,984 km) at the equator.

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
    This image was created from HST data from proposals: 10783: A. Simon-Miller (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), G. Orton (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and N. Chanover (New Mexico State University) 10782: I. de Pater, M. Wong, P. Marcus, X. Asay-Davis (University of California - Berkeley), and C. Go, (Astronomical League of the Philippines).
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>ACS/WFC
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    April 16, 2006
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    330nm, 435nm, 475nm, 502nm, 550nm, 656nm, 658nm, 892nm
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Jupiter, Red Spot Jr.
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Planet
  • Release Date
    May 4, 2006
  • Science Release
    Hubble Snaps Baby Pictures of Jupiter’s “Red Spot Jr.”
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, I. de Pater and M. Wong (University of California, Berkeley)

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Jupiter's New Red Spot - HST ACS/WFC: April 16, 2006
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

Red-orange: F892N (near-IR strong methane band) Blue-cyan: F502N (continuum/cyan light)

Compass and Scale
Compass and ScaleAn astronomical image with a scale that shows how large an object is on the sky, a compass that shows how the object is oriented on the sky, and the filters with which the image was made.

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