Ceres – January 24, 2004

Hubble observations of the asteroid Ceres were made in visible and ultraviolet light between December 2003 and January 2004 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys.

About the colours

This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS HRC instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F330W (U) Red/orange: F555W (V)

About the data

This image was created from data from the HST proposal 9748 : J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute), L. McFadden (University of Maryland), C. Russell (University of California, Los Angeles), A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute), M. Sykes (University of Arizona), P. Thomas (Cornell University) and E. Young (Southwest Research Institute).

The science team includes: J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute), P. Thomas (Cornell University), L. McFadden (University of Maryland, College Park), and M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (Space Telescope Science Institute).