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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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 |