Uranus Dark Spot (Magnified View)

esahubble_opo0647c September 28th, 2006

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

This image shows a dark spot on the surface of Uranus. This dark spot is a vortex measuring 1,100 miles by 1,900 miles large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States and was caused by churning winds in the planet's atmosphere. For a zoomed out image look here.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0647c/

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: Uranus
Subject - Solar System: Planet; Planet > Feature > Atmosphere > Cloud

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (R)	775.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (R)	658.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	550.0 nm

ID: opo0647c
Subject Category: A.1 A.1.2.2.1
Subject Name: Uranus
Credits: NASA, ESA, L. Sromovsky and P. Fry (University of Wisconsin), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), and K. Rages (SETI Institute)

Release Date: 2006-09-28T19:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0647c/

Type: Observation
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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, V
Central Wavelength: 775, 658, 550

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo0647c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0647c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-09-24T20:41:29-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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