Hubble Spots Northern Hemispheric Clouds On Uranus
Using visible light, astronomers for the first time this century have detected clouds in the northern hemisphere of Uranus. The newest images, taken July 31 and Aug. 1, 1997 with NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, show banded structure and multiple clouds. Using these images, Dr. Heidi Hammel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and colleagues Wes Lockwood (Lowell Observatory) and Kathy Rages (NASA Ames Research Center) plan to measure the wind speeds in the northern hemisphere for the first time.
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About the Image
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| Id: | opo9736b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 20 November 1997, 06:00 |
| Size: | 3000 x 2400 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Uranus |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
547 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical R |
619 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
