So what colour is Uranus really? |
So what colour is Uranus really? |
Oct 26 2006, 01:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 14-April 06 From: Berlin Member No.: 744 |
Photos from the Voyager era show it to be on the border of blue and green, particularly greenish in some of them. On the other hand, amateur astronomers report from their backyards a definite "blue blob". So what colour would Uranus appear to human eye? Was the greenish tint made up as a distinction from Neptune? Or was it some flaw in image processing?
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Dec 9 2009, 05:20 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I'm resurrecting this old thread because while the conversation was interesting and produced some great links (I especially like that occultation set of images linked to in post 2 by karolp), the thread never resolved in my mind. I would LOVE to see someone post a side-by-side comparison of Voyager 2 Uranus and Neptune images that show their relative color. It's not hard to get the Voyager 2 data but the production of approximately correct color is still a black art to me. Anybody feel like attempting it? I am also looking for a nice amateur-processed image of Uranus for the Advent Calendar I'm doing in the blog...come on, can anybody do better than the Voyager team did back in 1986?
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Dec 9 2009, 05:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Have you tried Views of the Solar System site?
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Dec 9 2009, 08:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 13-October 09 From: Olympus Mons Member No.: 4972 |
Have you tried Views of the Solar System site? It doesnt have any images from Hayabusa(Which is only mentened breifly in space exploration chronology) Nor does it have the Steins flyby images Or any images from New Horizons of Ios Tvashtar Patera erupting. But it does have some great maps and images including some good Voyager 2 and Hubble images of Uranus showing some clouds on it. -------------------- "Thats no moon... IT'S A TRAP!"
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