The James Webb Space Telescope has captured another image of Uranus, this time with sharper images and more detail than before.
After last April, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) photographed “Uranus” So beautiful to look at, it’s no different from a crystal ball. Recently, Webb photographed Uranus again, and this time it is more beautiful and clearer than before!
You can see this last photo. The Ice Giant’s star appears brighter and more vibrant than before. The entire episode can be seen. Moon storms, harsh seasons, and much more.
What’s particularly cool is that in this image, the inner rings of Uranus, known as the “global rings,” can also be seen. The Zeta ring has the appearance of the weakest link in the picture. It is the annular layer closest to Uranus.
Uranus has 13 rings, with dust rings that are difficult to see. Making it look like just a thin ring
The new images also reveal detailed features of Uranus’ north pole. The same is true for storms near and below the edge of Uranus’s south pole.
Uranus has one strange thing. Its axis is tilted by 98 degrees from the plane of its orbit. This allows us to see its rings vertically, and this tilt also affects their “season”.
Normally, it takes Uranus 84 years to complete one orbit around the Sun. This causes one pole to shine sunlight for up to 21 years, causing the other pole to experience a dark winter for up to 21 years, alternating between the sun-exposed pole and the dark pole.
This image of Uranus from the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) also shows 14 of Uranus’ 27 moons: Oberon, Titania, Ombre, Umbriel, Juliet, Perdita, Rosalind, Puck, Belinda, Desdemona, Desdemona, Cressida, Ariel, Miranda, Bianca and Portia
Compiled from NASA
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