Hubble’s Observation of Saturn in 2021
Hubble’s new look at Saturn on 12 September 2021 shows rapid and extreme colour changes in the bands in the planet’s northern hemisphere, where it is now early autumn. The bands have varied throughout Hubble observations in both 2019 and 2020. Hubble’s Saturn image catches the planet following the southern hemisphere’s winter, evident in the lingering blue-ish hue of the south pole.
Credit:NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team
About the Image
Id: | heic2113c |
Type: | Planetary |
Release date: | 18 November 2021, 19:00 |
Related releases: | heic2113 |
Size: | 1802 x 1087 px |
About the Object
Name: | Saturn |
Type: | Solar System : Planet : Type : Gas Giant |
Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical Ca II | 395 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical OIII | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical OI | 631 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |