Hubble was used to assemble this time-lapse color movie showing a full 16-hour rotation of the planet Neptune.
On October 24, 1996, Hubble captured a time-lapse color movie to show a full 16-hour rotation of the planet Neptune, letting astronomers and scientists track weather patterns on the gas giant. The vivid imagery (and beautiful shades of blue) that the HST captured of the planet earned it our pick of 1996.