Mars at Opposition
Pictures of the planet Mars taken with the recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope (HST) will provide the most detailed global view of the red planet ever obtained from Earth.
Credit:
David Crisp and the WFPC2 Science Team (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9709a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 20 March 1997, 15:00 |
| Size: | 335 x 335 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Mars |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet • Solar System Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
433 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
554 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical R |
763 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
