<p>It seems that the planet is marked with longitudinal lines every 10 degrees, and so you can measure off the video that the planet rotates by about a little less than three longitudinal lines, or about 30 degrees.  As Jupiter has a rotation period of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter" rel="nofollow noreferrer">just under 10 hours</a>, the length of time can be estimated as about 10×30/360 hours: 50 minutes, or possibly slightly less.</p>
<p>That is consistent with an observation lasting for half an orbit of Hubble, which has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" rel="nofollow noreferrer">95-minute orbit</a>.</p>

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<p>The HubbleESA video <em>Timelapse of Jupiter’s auroras</em> is discussed in the ESAHubble page <a href="https://esahubble.org/videos/heic1613a/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Timelapse of Jupiter’s auroras</a> and includes the identifier <code>heic1613a</code>. However there's no clear information there about the period of observation.</p>
<p>Note that there is also the page <a href="https://esahubble.org/news/heic1613/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">heic1613 — Photo Release
Hubble captures vivid auroras in Jupiter’s atmosphere</a></p>
<p><strong>Question:</strong> How much real time was compressed into this 10 second long timelapse Hubble video of Jupiter's aurora? Were the original images taken over a period of minutes, hours, or days?</p>
<p>I don't notice any breaks, and I think that Jupiter will always be eclipsed by Earth seen from Hubble's low Earth orbit.</p>
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How much real time was compressed into this 10 second long timelapse Hubble video of Jupiter's aurora?
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# How much real time was compressed into this 10 second long timelapse Hubble video of Jupiter's aurora?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-07-10)

The HubbleESA video *Timelapse of Jupiter’s auroras* is discussed in the ESAHubble page [Timelapse of Jupiter’s auroras](https://esahubble.org/videos/heic1613a/) and includes the identifier `heic1613a`. However there's no clear information there about the period of observation.

Note that there is also the page [heic1613 — Photo Release
Hubble captures vivid auroras in Jupiter’s atmosphere](https://esahubble.org/news/heic1613/)

**Question:** How much real time was compressed into this 10 second long timelapse Hubble video of Jupiter's aurora? Were the original images taken over a period of minutes, hours, or days?

I don't notice any breaks, and I think that Jupiter will always be eclipsed by Earth seen from Hubble's low Earth orbit.

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> **username_0**: related in Science Advances: [Revealing the source of Jupiter’s x-ray auroral flares](https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/28/eabf0851)  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-07-10. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

It seems that the planet is marked with longitudinal lines every 10 degrees, and so you can measure off the video that the planet rotates by about a little less than three longitudinal lines, or about 30 degrees. As Jupiter has a rotation period of [just under 10 hours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter), the length of time can be estimated as about 10×30/360 hours: 50 minutes, or possibly slightly less.

That is consistent with an observation lasting for half an orbit of Hubble, which has a [95-minute orbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope).


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