Uranus and Neptune

Stsci_2020-12a_1024

stsci_2020-12a February 19th, 2020

Credit: Left: NASA, ESA, and M. Showalter (SETI Institute), Right: NASA, ESA, and A. Simon (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), and M. Wong and A. Hsu (University of California, Berkeley)

On the left, Uranus in 2005 displays its ring system. The planet—along with its rings and moons—is tipped on its side, rotating at roughly a 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit. On the right, the Hubble Space Telescope image of Neptune, taken in 2018, shows a new dark storm.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-12

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Uranus and Neptune
Subject - Solar System
Planet > Type > Gas Giant

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 22h 42m 58.2s
DEC = -9° 0’ 39.4”
Constellation
Aquarius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFC3/UVIS) Optical (B) 467.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFC3/UVIS) Optical (Y) 547.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (WFC3/UVIS) Optical (HII+NIII) 657.0 nm
Orange Hubble (WFC3/UVIS) Optical (I) 763.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFC3/UVIS) Optical (I) 845.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red
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ID
2020-12a
Subject Category
A.1.1.2  
Subject Name
Uranus and Neptune
Credits
Left: NASA, ESA, and M. Showalter (SETI Institute), Right: NASA, ESA, and A. Simon (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), and M. Wong and A. Hsu (University of California, Berkeley)
Release Date
2020-02-19T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-12
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
WFC3/UVIS, WFC3/UVIS, WFC3/UVIS, WFC3/UVIS, WFC3/UVIS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, Y, HII+NIII, I, I
Central Wavelength
467, 547, 657, 763, 845
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
340.7424708, -9.0109361
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
Position
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-J-p2012a-f-924x448.tif
Metadata Date
2021-12-10T14:49:31-05:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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