Image is two columns, the column on the left is a photo with a black background and a bright blue spot at the center, labeled as Hubble. There is a bright haze around the dot, which is the Didymos-Dimorphos system, along with 5 diffraction spikes extending outward. The photo on the right is a black background with a bright red spot toward the middle of the image. The spot, which is the asteroid the Didymos-Dimorphos system after impact from DART, has 8 diffraction spikes extending out from its center. Also surrounding the asteroid is a haze of bright light with wispy tendrils extending outwards.
At the top right of the image, there are arrows indicating the direction of impact by the DART spacecraft. The direction of impact arrow points in the 5 o’clock direction. The to Sun arrow points in the 8 o’clock direction.
At the bottom right are compass arrows indicating the orientation of the image on the sky. The north arrow points in the 2 o’clock direction. The east arrow points in the 10 o’clock direction.
In the top left corner of each image are the filters used to create the image. For Hubble, F350LP is blue. For Webb, F070W is red.
Credits
Science
NASA, ESA, CSA, Jian-Yang Li (PSI), Cristina Thomas (Northern Arizona University), Ian Wong (NASA-GSFC)
Image Processing
Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Dimorphos |
| Object Description | Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) on asteroid Dimorphos |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | This image was created from HST data from proposal: (J. Li) and JWST data from proposal: (C. Thomas) |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS JWST>NIRCam |
| Exposure Dates | 26-27 Sept 2022 |
| Filters | HST>F350LP JWST>F070W |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | The images are single exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope and the by the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope. The color results from assigning a blue hue to a monochromatic (grayscale) hubble image and a red hue to a monochromatic (grayscale) Webb image. Blue: HST>F350LP Red: JWST>F070W |
| 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. |
