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NASA image of Saturn aurora, UV + Vis, Hubble Space Telescope

Combined image of UV emission of aurora + visible light of Saturn.

The ultraviolet images were taken on Jan. 24, 26, and 28, 2004 by Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. Erich Karkoschka of the University of Arizona used the telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys on March 22, 2004 to take the visible-light images.

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Credit: NASA/ESA/J. Clarke (Boston University)

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