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Credit & Copyright: NASA,
ESA,
CSA,
Jupiter ERS Team;
Processing:
Ricardo Hueso
(UPV/EHU) &
Judy Schmidt
Explanation:
This infrared view of Jupiter by Webb is illuminating.
High-resolution
infrared
images of
Jupiter from the
James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) reveal, for example,
differences between high-floating bright clouds -- including the
Great Red Spot --
and low-lying dark clouds.
Also clearly visible in the
featured Webb image are
Jupiter's dust ring, bright
auroras at the poles, and Jupiter's moons
Amalthea and
Adrastea.
The footprint of large volcanic moon
Io's magnetic funneling of charged particles onto
Jupiter is also visible in the southern aurora.
Some objects are so bright that light noticeably
diffracts around
Webb's optics creating
streaks.
Webb, which
orbits the Sun
near the Earth, has a mirror over six meters across making it the
largest astronomical telescope
ever
launched -- with over six times
more light-collecting area than
Hubble.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Jupiter - infrared
Publications with words: Jupiter - infrared
See also:
- APOD: 2026 January 6 Á Jupiters Clouds in High Definition from Juno
- APOD: 2025 November 11 Á Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
- Webb's Rho Ophiuchi
- APOD: 2025 December 14 Á Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter
- APOD: 2025 May 25 Á Beneath Jupiter
- Painting with Jupiter
- APOD: 2025 April 2 Á Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb