From: Andrew Johnson
Date: 2005-09-03 11:59:29
Inbox Astronomy – Hubble Makes Movie of Neptune’s Dynamic Atmosphere September 1, 2005 Hubble Makes Movie of Neptune’s Dynamic Atmosphere Get larger image formats Find the entire Hubble News archive, image galleries, and much more at hubblesite.org NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures the distant blue-green world, Neptune, and its satellites in this portrait. Astronomers used Hubbles assortment of filters to pinpoint high altitude clouds floating above the methane rich atmosphere. The images have been assembled into a time-lapse movie revealing the orbital motion of the satellites. The icy moons seen in this view are Proteus (the brightest), Larissa, Despina, and Galatea. Neptune had 13 moons at last count. In Roman mythology, Larsissa and Despina were Neptuness daughters. See the full release, including: More Images Video Fast Facts Related Links And more! This news release and its supporting materials are permanently archived at: hubblesite.org/news/… You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the Inbox Astronomy mailing list, which sends notices in HTML whenever there is a new Hubble Space Telescope image, product, or news update. If you would like to unsubscribe or change your email preferences, please go to: hubblesite.org/newsc…
