Latest Saturn Portrait
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on 20 June 2019 as the planet made its closest approach to Earth this year, at approximately 1.36 billion kilometres away.
Credit:NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley)
About the Image
| Id: | heic1917a |
|---|---|
| Type: | Planetary |
| Release date: | 12 September 2019, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1917 |
| Size: | 2505 x 1592 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Saturn |
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| Type: | Solar System : Planet |
| Category: | Solar System |
Classic Wallpapers
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical Ca II | 395 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Optical O III | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Optical O I | 631 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |