Jupiter Moon Transit, January 24, 2015 (06:28 UT)
Jupiter
Jupiter has a diameter of roughly 88,789 miles (142,984 km) at the equator.
The image was created from Hubble data from the following proposal: 14042 PI: Z. Levay (STScI), K. Noll (NASA/GSFC), M. Mutchler, J. Mack, L. Frattare, C. Christian, M. Livio, and S. Meyett (Hubble Heritage Team, STScI/AURA), A. Roman (STScI), A. Simon (NASA/GSFC), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and R. Landis (NASA/JSC).
395 nm, 502 nm, and 631 nm
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
These images are composites of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample narrow 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 (395 nm)
Green: F502N (502 nm)
Red: F631N (631 nm)
Three moons and their shadows parade across Jupiter at the start of the event at 06:28 UT on January 24, 2015. From left to right the moons Callisto and Io are above Jupiter's cloud tops. The shadows from Europa (not seen in the image), Callisto, and Io are strung out from left to right.
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
