Neptune (full colour)
This new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope confirms the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune. The full visible-light image at left shows that the dark feature resides near and below a patch of bright clouds in the planet's southern hemisphere. The dark spot measures roughly 4,800 kilometers across. Other high-altitude clouds can be seen at the planet's equatorial region and polar regions.
Links:
- NASA Press release
- Dark spot on Neptune
- Neptune (full colour)
- Image with dark spot (blue light)
- Scale and compass image for dark spot on Neptune
- Full colour Neptune global map from Hubble's OPAL programme (dark spot and companion clouds closeup)
- Blue Light Neptune Global Map from Hubble's OPAL Program (Dark Spot Closeup)
NASA, ESA, and M.H. Wong and J. Tollefson (UC Berkeley)
About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Neptune |
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Type: | Solar System : Planet : Feature : Atmosphere |
Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical F467M | 467 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical F547M | 547 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Infrared F763M | 763 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |