Uranus and Ariel - 2006 - Unannotated

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esahubble_opo0642b August 31st, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, L. Sromovsky (University of Wisconsin, Madison), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), and K. Rages (SETI)

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image is a never-before-seen astronomical alignment of a moon traversing the face of Uranus, and its accompanying shadow. The white dot near the center of Uranus blue-green disk is the icy moon Ariel.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0642b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Ariel Uranus
Subject - Solar System
Planet
Planet > Satellite

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 790.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 770.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 750.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo0642b_1280
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ID
opo0642b
Subject Category
A.1   A.1.4  
Subject Name
Ariel, Uranus
Credits
NASA, ESA, L. Sromovsky (University of Wisconsin, Madison), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), and K. Rages (SETI)
Release Date
2006-08-31T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0642b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, R, R
Central Wavelength
790, 770, 750
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0642b
Metadata Date
2006-08-25T08:31:58-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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