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Jupiter’s New Red Spot – HST ACS/HRC: April 8, 2006 (Jupiter, Red Spot Jr.) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Jupiter’s New Red Spot – HST ACS/HRC: April 8, 2006

May 4, 2006 · NASA · Jupiter, Red Spot Jr.

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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).

About the colours

Blue: F435W Red: F656N

About the data

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).

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