Happy birthday Neptune
These four images, taken a few hours apart with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3, show Neptune, the eighth and outermost planet of the Solar System. Hubble’s images were taken to celebrate the first complete orbit of the planet since its discovery in 1846. The four images show different faces of the planet as it rotates on its axis.
Credit:NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
About the Image
| Id: | ann1115a |
| Type: | Planetary |
| Release date: | 12 July 2011, 19:00 |
| Related announcements: | ann1115 |
| Size: | 2250 x 2474 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Neptune |
| Type: | Solar System : Planet : Type : Gas Giant |
| Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 467 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Optical R | 631 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
| Infrared I | 845 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |