Map of the North Hemisphere of Jupiter's Ionosphere (IMAGE)

University of Leicester

Map of the North Hemisphere of Jupiter's Ionosphere

Caption

This is a map of the north hemisphere of Jupiter's ionosphere, added up over 13,000 images, and more than 40 nights. In the top image, the aurora is clearly seen, but only once the aurora is saturated can the non-auroral emission be removed. This reveals that the Great Cold Spot can be seen as a continuously observed feature over the entire six years of the IRTF observing campaign - which started more than 15 years before the VLT observation.

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Based on data from IRTF/NASA.

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