tom30519

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andrealuck, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to space

Jupiter's eye? Nope that’s Ganymede casting its shadow on the Great Red Spot

Full size 2500x1400: https://flic.kr/p/2pTbFeK

NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope
Target: JUPITER-GRS-2
Proposal ID: 13631Amy Simon
Date: 2014-04-21
IDs: icia02epq, icia02eqq , icia02erq

Image created processing data from: https://mast.stsci.edu
Preview raw data and more info: https://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/mastpreview?mission=hst&dataid=ICIA02EPQ

Credit:
Raw data: NASA/ESA/STScI/AmySimon
Image processing: Andrea Luck
#Space #Astronomy #Jupiter #Astrodon #Spacetodon

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+ 65dBnoise, franco_vazza

tom30519, 4 days ago

@andrealuck
A black hole about to consume Jupiter entirely! 😨

What a great photo, though - perfect timing! But I suppose that conjunction happens pretty regularly, on an astronomical scale. 🤔

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