Neptune from the VLT and Hubble
The image of the planet Neptune on the left was obtained during the testing of the Narrow-Field adaptive optics mode of the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The image on the right is a comparable image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Note that the two images were not taken at the same time so do not show identical surface features.
Credit:ESO/P. Weilbacher (AIP)/NASA, ESA, and M.H. Wong and J. Tollefson (UC Berkeley)
About the Image
| Id: | eso1824c |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 18 July 2018, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso2206, eso1824 |
| Size: | 2416 x 1248 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Neptune |
| Type: | Solar System : Planet |
| Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical V | 551 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical b | 467 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 |
| Optical R | 658 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical y | 547 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 |
| Infrared I | 806 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical i | 790 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Optical i | 763 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 |
| Optical Z | 920 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |