Many Bright Clouds on Uranus
A recent Hubble Space Telescope view reveals Uranus surrounded by its four major rings and by 10 of its 17 known satellites. This false-color image was generated by Erich Karkoschka using data taken on August 8, 1998, with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9835a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 14 October 1998, 06:00 |
| Size: | 600 x 650 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Uranus |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared Near-IR |
900 nm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared Near-IR |
1.1 μm | Very Large Telescope (VLT) NICMOS |
| Infrared Near-IR |
1.7 μm | Very Large Telescope (VLT) NICMOS |
