Jupiter Image Processing Technique
These six images demonstrate a new imaging technique, which allowed astronomers to make a sharper image of the triple eclipse on Jupiter. The Hubble Space Telescope took rapid-fire snapshots of Jupiter as it swung through the observatory's field of view. The top row of images shows three of those snapshots. Astronomers then combined the images, accounting for the planet's rotation between exposures, to obtain the sharper photo. The bottom row shows the sharper images. Astronomers added 20 exposures together to make each image.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0430d |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 4 November 2004, 06:01 |
| Size: | 620 x 480 px |
About the Object
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared Near-IR |
1.08 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared Near-IR |
1.66 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared Near-IR |
1.9 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
