This image of Neptune was taken on 11 August 2006 with the Palomar - TopicsExpress



          

This image of Neptune was taken on 11 August 2006 with the Palomar Observatorys 200-inch (5-meter) Hale Telescope and its Adaptive Optics system. The Adaptive Optics system removes the blurring effects of Earths atmosphere to produce very high resolution images. Don Banfield of Cornell University collected and processed the data to produce this false color image. The image was recorded in three near-infrared wavelengths: J centered at 1.250 microns, H at 1.635 microns, and Ks at 2.150. The images were combined as red, green, and blue to create this false-color image. A wide assortment of clouds can be seen at Neptunes atmosphere. The research was based on observations obtained at the Hale Telescope, Palomar Observatory, as part of a collaborative agreement between the California Institute of Technology, its divisions Caltech Optical Observatories and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (operated for NASA), and Cornell University. ~Herr von Bradford
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 04:21:56 +0000

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