The new images of Jupiter show off its bright hazes and tenuous rings with the hopes of understanding the whole system better.

Space 22 August 2022

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Webb NIRCam composite image of Jupiter from three filters ? F360M (red), F212N (yellow-green), and F150W2 (cyan) ? and alignment due to the planet's rotation.

At Jupiter's poles, there is an orange glow.

The Jupiter ERS Team is part of NASA. Judy is the image processor.

Two new images showing the complexity of Jupiter have been released by theJWST. The previous images of the gas giant used only a single wavelength of light, but these new images show Jupiter's glowing Auroras, shifting haze and two of its small moons.

The images do not show Jupiter because they are not visible to the naked eye. Different colors have been mapped to highlight the features of the planet.

The orange glow at Jupiter's poles is called the Aurora. The main cloud layer is shown in blue, while the tenuous high altitude haze is shown in green. The top of the storms are shown in the white areas.

Imke de Pater at the University of California, Berkeley was one of the people who led the research. It is amazing that we can see Jupiter in a single image, with its rings, satellites, and even the stars.

Webb NIRCam composite image from two filters ? F212N (orange) and F335M (cyan) ? of Jupiter system, unlabeled (top) and labeled (bottom).

There are two small moons of Jupiter.

The Jupiter ERS Team is part of NASA. Judy is the image processor.

The wide-field image of Jupiter shows not just Jupiter's Aurora but also its tenuous rings. There are two small moons on the left side of the planet. There are spots in the image that are not visible to the naked eye.

De Pater and her colleagues hope that images like this will allow them to understand how gas and heat moves around the planet. They want to study the planet's faint ring and take pictures of some of its moons.

The Jupiter system program is summarized in this image. The data that was used to create these images is being analysed by the researchers.

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