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.
Credit: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 |