Uranus and Ariel - 2006 - Unannotated

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esahubble_opo0642b August 31st, 2006

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

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image is a never-before-seen astronomical alignment of a moon traversing the face of Uranus, and its accompanying shadow. The white dot near the center of Uranus blue-green disk is the icy moon Ariel.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0642b/

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
Ariel Uranus
Subject - Solar System
Planet
Planet > Satellite

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 790.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 770.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 750.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo0642b_1280
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ID
opo0642b
Subject Category
A.1   A.1.4  
Subject Name
Ariel, Uranus
Credits
NASA, ESA, L. Sromovsky (University of Wisconsin, Madison), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), and K. Rages (SETI)
Release Date
2006-08-31T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0642b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
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, R
Central Wavelength
790, 770, 750
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
opo0642b
Metadata Date
2006-08-25T08:31:58-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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