File:Titan clouds by NIRCam and Keck NIRC-2 (2022-11-04,06 annotated).png

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English: Evolution of clouds on Titan over 30 hours between November 4 and November 6, 2022, as seen by Webb NIRCam (left) and Keck NIRC-2 (right). Titan’s trailing hemisphere seen here is rotating from left (dawn) to right (evening) as seen from Earth and the Sun. Cloud A appears to be rotating into view while Cloud B appears to be either dissipating or moving behind Titan’s limb (around toward the hemisphere facing away from us). Clouds are not long-lasting on Titan or Earth, so those seen on Nov. 4 may not be the same as those seen on Nov. 6. The NIRCam image used the following filters: Blue=F140M (1.40 microns), Green=F150W (1.50 microns), Red=F200W (1.99 microns), Brightness=F210M (2.09 microns). The Keck NIRC-2 image used: Red=He1b (2.06 microns), Green=Kp (2.12 microns), Blue=H2 1-0 (2.13 microns).
Date
  • Taken on 4 November 2022 (left)
  • Taken on 6 November 2022 (right)
Source https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01GK2GC9ZH16000ZXR0E6VQKAX (image link)
Author Science: NASA, ESA, CSA, W. M. Keck Observatory, Webb Titan GTO Team; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

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Clouds visible on Saturn's moon Titan, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam instrument and Keck Observatory's NIRC-2 instrument, November 4 and 6, 2022

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