ALMA short wavelength image of Uranus

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eso_ann14065b September 10th, 2014

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

As a demonstration of ALMA's new short wavelength capabilities, the commissioning team released a new image of planet Uranus as it appears in submillimetre wavelength light. The image — obtained with ALMA's shortest wavelength, Band 10 receivers — reveals the icy glow from the planet's atmosphere, which can reach temperatures as low as -224 C (giving Uranus the coldest atmosphere in the Solar System). ALMA's now broader range of capabilities will enable astronomers and planetary scientists to study and monitor temperature changes at different altitudes above the clouds of Uranus and other giant planets in our Solar System.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann14065b/

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 > Type > Gas Giant

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue ALMA (None) Radio (Band 10) -
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ID
ann14065b
Subject Category
A.1.1.2  
Subject Name
Uranus
Credits
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
Release Date
2014-09-10T18:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann14065b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Blue
Band
Radio
Bandpass
Band 10
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)
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
ann14065b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/ann14065b.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:22:39.373982
Metadata Version
1.1
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