Uranus with rings and moons

Eso_eso0237b_1024

eso_eso0237b December 20th, 2002

Credit: ESO

A near-infrared view of the giant planet Uranus with rings and some of its moons, obtained on November 19, 2002, with the ISAAC multi-mode instrument on the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope at the ESO Paranal Observatory (Chile). The moons are identified; the unidentified, round object to the left is a background star. The image scale in indicated by the bar.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0237b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (K) 2.2 µm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Eso_eso0237b_1280
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ID
eso0237b
Subject Category
A.1   A.1.4  
Subject Name
Uranus
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2002-12-20T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0237b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
ISAAC
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
K
Central Wavelength
2200
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1460.0, 1698.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0237b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0237b.tif
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Metadata Date
2009-01-30T10:30:22+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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