La imagen de la cámara de infrarrojo cercano de Webb (NIRCAM) de Neptuno, tomada el 12 de julio de 2022, pone los anillos del planeta en pleno enfoque por primera vez en más de tres décadas.
Las características más destacadas de la atmósfera de Neptuno en esta imagen son una serie de parches brillantes en el hemisferio sur del planeta que representa a la altura alta metheo-ece-icEcEcEcEcEcEcle-icEcEcEcEcEcEcEcEcEcEcEche. Más sutilmente, una delgada línea de brillo que rodea al ecuador del planeta podría ser una firma visual de la circulación atmosférica global que alimenta los vientos y tormentas de Neptuno. Además, por primera vez, Webb ha descartado una banda continua de nubes de alta latitud que rodean un vórtice previamente conocido en el polo sur de Neptuno.
nircam fue construido por un equipo en la Universidad de Arizona y el centro de tecnología avanzado de Lockheed Martin. ESA, CSA, STSCI
Procesamiento de imágenes
Joseph Depasquale (STSCI), Naomi Rowe-Gurney (Nasa-GSFC)
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Neptune |
| Object Description | Gas giant |
| Distance | Neptune's average distance from Earth is 2.7 billion miles |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | This image was created from JWST data from proposal: (K. Pontoppidan). |
| Instrument | NIRCam |
| Exposure Dates | 12 July 2022 |
| Filters | F140M, F210M, F300M, F460M |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope using the NIRCam instrument. Several filters were used to sample different infraraed wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Red: F460M Orange: F300M Green: F210M Blue: F140M |
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | A name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object. |
| Object Description | The type of astronomical object. |
| R.A. Position | Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Dec. Position | Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Constellation | One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears. |
| Distance | The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs. |
| Dimensions | The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description |
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| Instrument | The science instrument used to produce the data. |
| Exposure Dates | The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time. |
| Filters | The camera filters that were used in the science observations. |
| About The Image | |
| Image Credit | The primary individuals and institutions responsible for the content. |
| Publication Date | The date and time the release content became public. |
| Color Info | A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented. |
| Orientation | The rotation of the image on the sky with respect to the north pole of the celestial sphere. |
