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Neptune: 23:09 UT (June 25, 2011) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Neptune: 23:09 UT (June 25, 2011)

July 12, 2011 · NASA

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About the colours

This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the WFC3/UVIS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using three different filters. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F467N (46nm) Green: F631N (63nm) Red/orange: F845M (84nm)

About the data

This image was created from HST data from proposal 12675 : K. Noll, Z. Levay, M. Livio, C. Christian, H. Bond, L. Frattare, M. Mutchler, T. Borders, and W. Januszewski (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI).