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APOD: 2025 November 11 – Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

APOD: 2025 November 11 – Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

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APOD: 2025 November 11 – Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

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The planet Jupiter appears full frame in apparent colors of a variety of blues and some pink bands. The Great Red Spot is visible on the lower left as a dark spot. Jupiter's Moon Ganymede is visible on the upper left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

Explanation: Jupiter looks a bit different in ultraviolet light. To better interpret Jupiter 's cloud motions and to help NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft understand the planetary context of the small fields that it sees, the Hubble Space Telescope was being directed to regularly image the entire Jovian giant. The colors of Jupiter being monitored go beyond the normal human visual range to include both ultraviolet and (not pictured) infrared light. Featured from 2017, Jupiter appears different in near ultraviolet light, partly because the amount of sunlight reflected back is distinct, giving differing cloud heights and latitudes discrepant brightnesses . In the near UV, Jupiter 's poles appear relatively dark, as does its Great Red Spot and a smaller (optically) white oval to the right. The String of Pearl storms farther to the right, however, are brightest in near ultraviolet, and so here appear (false-color) pink. Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede appears on the upper left. Juno continues on a looping 33-day orbit around Jupiter, while Earth-orbiting Hubble is aging and now relies on a single stabilizing gyroscope .

Date November 11, 2025
Credit Image Credit: NASA , ESA , Hubble ; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC,
NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.

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