Jupiter Compass Image
About This Image
Caption
Two views of the giant gas planet Jupiter appear side-by-side for comparison. At the top, left corner of the left image is the label Jupiter, November 12, 2022, HST WFC3/UVIS. At the left, bottom corner of the left image is a small, horizontal, white line. Over this line is the value 34,000 miles. Below the line is the value 55,000 kilometers. At the top, left corner of the right image is the label January 6, 2023. At the top, right corner of the right image are three, colored labels representing the color filters used to make these pictures. Located on three separate lines, these are F395N in blue, F503N in green, and FG31N in red. At the left, bottom corner is a small, horizontal, white line, which is slightly smaller than its counterpart on the left. On the top of the line is the value 34,000 miles, and below the line is the value 55,000 kilometers. On the bottom, right corner of the right image are compass arrows showing north toward the top, left corner and east toward the bottom, left corner.
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Jupiter |
| Object Description | Planet |
| Distance | On Nov. 12, 2022 Jupiter was 4.26 AU from Earth (about 396 million miles). On Jan. 06, 2023 Jupiter was 5.07 AU from Earth (about 472 million miles). |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The HST observations include those from program 16790 (A. Simon) |
| Instrument | WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | 12 Nov. 2022, 06 Jan. 2023 |
| Filters | F395N, F502N, F631N |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample medium wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F395N, Green: F502N, Red: F631N |
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | A name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object. |
| Object Description | The type of astronomical object. |
| R.A. Position | Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Dec. Position | Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Constellation | One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears. |
| Distance | The 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. |
| Dimensions | The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description |
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| Instrument | The science instrument used to produce the data. |
| Exposure Dates | The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time. |
| Filters | The camera filters that were used in the science observations. |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented. |
| Compass and Scale Image | An 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. |