Friday, July 29, 2022

Jupiter

Jupiter
Credit : NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Lucca Schwingel Viola

This 07/27/22 image of Jupiter taken by the Near-Infrared Camera on the new James Webb Space Telescope is artificially colored to emphasize stunning details of the planet: auroral emission from ionized hydrogen at both the north and south poles (red); high-altitude hazes (green) that swirl around the poles; and light reflected from the deeper main cloud (blue). The Great Red Spot, the equatorial region and compact cloud regions appear white or reddish-white; regions with little cloud cover appear as dark ribbons north of the equatorial region.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jupiter ERS Team, Ricardo Hueso (UPV/EHU), Judy Schmidt

This false-color composite image of Jupiter was obtained 07/27/22 with the NIRCam instrument on board the JWST. Jupiter’s faint rings — a million times dimmer than the planet — and two of its small satellites, Amalthea (left) and Adrastea (dot at edge of ring), are clearly visible against a background of distant galaxies. The diffraction pattern created by the bright auroras and the moon Io (to the left out of the image), form a complex background of scattered light around Jupiter.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jupiter ERS Team, Ricardo Hueso (UPV/EHU), Judy Schmidt