Hubble Captures Full View of Uranus' Rings on Edge

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esahubble_opo0732f August 23rd, 2007

Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Showalter (SETI Institute) and Z. Levay (STScI)

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures a rare view of the entire ring system of the planet Uranus, tilted edge-on to Earth. The rings were photographed with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on August 14, 2007.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0732f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

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

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (ACS) Optical (Clear) -
Hubble (ACS) Ultraviolet (U) -
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) -
Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) -
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) -
Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) -
Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) -
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ID
opo0732f
Subject Category
A.1   A.1.5  
Subject Name
Uranus
Credits
NASA, ESA, M. Showalter (SETI Institute) and Z. Levay (STScI)
Release Date
2007-08-23T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0732f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, WFPC2, ACS, WFPC2, WFPC2, ACS
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Clear, U, B, B, V, I, I
Central Wavelength
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
opo0732f
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:04.741681
Metadata Version
1.1
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