Hera's first images (HyperScout H)

Hera’s HyperScout H instrument captured this false-colour image of the Earth and Moon from a distance of approximately 1.6 million kilometres. Earth (bottom right) is oriented with north pointing upwards, with the Pacific Ocean illuminated by the Sun. The Moon is visible in the top right of the image

HyperScout H will observe the Dimorphos asteroid in a range of colours far beyond the limits of the human eye and help determine the asteroid’s mineral makeup. The hyperspectral imager covers the 650–950 nm wavelength range, with colours coded so that blue represents the shortest wavelengths and red represents the longest. The shoebox-sized imaging spectrometer was provided by cosine remote sensing in the Netherlands.