JWST/HST images of Uranus and Neptune |
JWST/HST images of Uranus and Neptune |
Feb 14 2019, 09:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 708 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
Amazing new images from Hubble Space Telescope (HST) of Uranus and Neptune! https://earthsky.org/space/hubble-space-tel...-uranus-neptune
Here are the Hubble site images: http://hubblesite.org/images/news/release/2019-06 |
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Apr 6 2023, 07:20 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10226 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
New Webb image of Uranus:
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-rel...s-2023-117.html I played with the image a bit to pull out a bit of extra detail (in the bright region particularly). Anyone with better skills than mine especially in sharpening the image might be able to see more. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Apr 6 2023, 09:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 251 Joined: 14-January 22 Member No.: 9140 |
Nice improvements on an already nice image!
I like how the rings had only been detected previously by one ground-based telescope, and the JWST, to say the least, detects them in amazing detail. As with JWST's previous release of a Neptune image, the trick here is using IR wavelengths that greatly darken this particular planet, allowing longer exposures that pump up the rings without losing them in the glare. A storm on the left seems to have clouds that rise far enough above most of the methane in the atmosphere that it glares rather prominently. |
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