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Uranus rings in false colors

author: Nasa/JPL/Novapix

reference: a-ura03-00100

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 28 cm

This false-color view of the rings of Uranus was made from images taken by Voyager 2 on Jan. 21, 1986, from a distance of 4.17 million kilometers (2.59 million miles). All nine known rings are visible here; the somewhat fainter, pastel lines seen between them are contributed by the computer enhancement. The image shows that the brightest, or epsilon, ring at top is neutral in color, with the fainter eight other rings showing color differences between them. Moving down, toward Uranus, we see the delta, gamma and eta rings in shades of blue and green; the beta and alpha rings in somewhat lighter tones; and then a final set of three, known simply as the 4, 5 and 6 rings, in faint off-white tones.

Keywords for this photo:

1986 - ASTRONOMY - FALSE COLOR - PLANET - RING - URANUS - VOYAGER - VOYAGER 2 -