Io Images Taken in the Near-Infrared with Adaptive Optics at the Gemini North Telescope (IMAGE)

Gemini Observatory

Io Images Taken in the Near-Infrared with Adaptive Optics at the Gemini North Telescope

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Images of Io were taken in the near-infrared with adaptive optics at the Gemini North telescope tracking the evolution of the eruption as it decreased in intensity over 12 days. Due to Io's rapid rotation, a different area of the surface is viewed on each night; the outburst is visible with diminishing brightness on Aug. 29 & 30 and Sept. 1, 3, & 10.

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Image credit: Katherine de Kleer/UC Berkeley/Gemini Observatory/AURA

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