Jupiter has a lot going on: giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the massive planet. Webb’s Jupiter observations will give researchers even more clues to Jupiter’s inner life. “We
Webb NIRCam composite image of Jupiter from three filters – F360M , F212N , and F150W2 – and alignment due to the planet’s rotation. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt.has a lot going on: giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions. Now,has captured new images of the massive planet. Webb’s Jupiter observations will give researchers even more clues to Jupiter’s inner life.
“We hadn’t really expected it to be this good, to be honest,” said planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, professor emerita of the . As part of an international collaboration for Webb’s Early Release Science program, De Pater led the observations of Jupiter with Thierry Fouchet, a professor at the Paris Observatory. Webb itself is an international mission led by and CSA . “It’s really remarkable that we can see details on Jupiter together with its rings, tiny satellites, and even galaxies in one image,” she said.
The two images come from the observatory’s Near-Infrared Camera . It has three specialized infrared filters that showcase details of the planet. Since infrared light is invisible to the human eye, the light has been mapped onto the visible spectrum. Typically, the longest wavelengths appear redder and the shortest wavelengths are shown as more blue. Astronomers collaborated with citizen scientist Judy Schmidt to translate the Webb data into images.
Created from a composite of several images from Webb, the standalone view of Jupiter features auroras that extend to high altitudes above both the northern and southern poles of Jupiter. The auroras shine in a filter that is mapped to redder colors, which also highlights light reflected from lower clouds and upper hazes. Another filter, which is mapped to yellows and greens, shows hazes swirling around the northern and southern poles.
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