Hubble Provides Complete View of Jupiter's Auroras
Depicts: Jupiter
Copyright: John Clarke (University of Michigan), and NASA
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Images taken in ultraviolet light by the Space Telescope
Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) show both auroras, the oval-
shaped objects in the inset photos. While the Hubble
telescope has obtained images of Jupiter's northern and
southern lights since 1990, the new STIS instrument is 10
times more sensitive than earlier cameras.
Last Update: 1 September 2019