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Astronomy news that doesn’t involve Pluto
The Hubble space telescope has captured an amazing image of the moon Ariel crossing Uranus.
A good description of the event is found here:
The official Hubble site has additional images. A good illustration of the relative scale can be found through this link.
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Cross-posted to Random Fate.
4 Responses to “Astronomy news that doesn’t involve Pluto”
The Hubble, and other ambitous sceince is where our smart future resides….
…Clinton was stupid for killing the supercolider.
Gorgeous pictures. Thanks for sharing.
You know, one thing I’m always a bit surprised at is the seeming lack of distant planetary resolution from Hubble. In that the telescope is able to capture at remarkably high resolution something like the “Pillars of Creation,” a tiny spot in an impossibly distant nebula, as opposed to Uranus, or the dim image of Pluto it has captured, for example.
Well OK, Pillars of Creation are not exactly tiny, being light years across, but still. I suppose it has to do with the lack of light on Pluto, etc..
Heh, I still managed to squeeze Pluto in!