Hubble Photographs Jupiter's New "Scar"

BearRanger writes "Calibration of new systems in the Hubble Space Telescope (installed in May by Shuttle Atlantis astronauts) were interrupted to take pictures of the new 'scar' near the south pole of Jupiter. The scar is believed to have been caused by the impact of an asteroid or small comet with the gas giant, which we discussed last Sunday. Hubble's return to service will be delayed by this interruption, but NASA says that rare events such as this warrant the delay. This is only the second recorded impact of an object with Jupiter."

Comments

Re:Hubble seems really upgraded

[j-stroy]

The hi-res image shows a strong purple colour and a vivid blue bit on the top edge of the blackness. Is this real? Or is it a chromatic artifact from the calibration being unfinished?

Have they detailed the calibration milestones?

Re:Still justifying its existence

[tuxgeek]

The resolution of the full size image of Hubble is incredible.
I have always been a fan of the Hubble site and still remain today.

I was heart broken, as well as many others, a few years back when bush wanted to scrap Hubble.
I hope we learned from that near mistake and keep the thing going for years to come.

It will only continue to provide new discoveries with each passing year.
A very valuable asset to science.