Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter's Atmosphere (2016)
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·March 19, 2025coherentpony
mooreds
Amazing! Can you imagine being in that storm? (Not that you could see the same thing as the photo because it was in UV. And you'd probably be dead :) )
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rakic
This is a well known photoshopped image by NASA.
The aurora was added to the following photo, taken on April 21, 2014: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140517.html
prhrvtvv
Yes, NASA released a composite to show where the body of the planet would be because it's not well illuminated in UV.
But here's a guide to show how the aurora animation can be made from real data taken by Hubble: https://www.planetarylightshow.com/aurora_processing.html
jncfhnb
Hubble‘s gonna outlive the JWST.
LorenDB
Only if we reboost it soon. NASA shot down a proposal to do so with the Dragon capsule.
https://spacenews.com/hubble-goes-to-single-gyro-operating-m...
gosub100
But the success of JWST will certainly lead to more STs
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Here's a timelapse of the aurora: https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/hubble-time-lapse-of-a...