Going, Going, Gone: Hubble Captures Uranus' Rings on Edge
This series of images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows how the ring system around the distant planet Uranus appears at ever more oblique (shallower) tilts as viewed from Earth - culminating in the rings being seen edge-on in three observing opportunities in 2007. The best of these events appears in the far right image taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on August 14, 2007.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0732a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 23 August 2007, 20:00 |
| Size: | 3628 x 2357 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Uranus |
| Type: | • Solar System : Planet |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical Clear |
Hubble Space Telescope ACS | |
| Ultraviolet U |
330 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical B |
475 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical B |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical B |
450 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
