Uranus and Moons Compass Image

This compass image of Uranus and its five classical moons shows a scale bar, compass arrows, and color key for reference. Four small, white dots appear in a jagged, roughly diagonal line from top right to bottom left. They are on a solid black background. A fifth white dot is superimposed on a much larger blue sphere with pink, white, and lighter blue diagonal striations, also on the black background. Also superimposed on the sphere is a tiny black dot, to the right and slightly beneath the white dot. Encircling the blue sphere at the same steep diagonal angle as the white dots and striations are thin, ghostly, white, Saturn-like rings. The four white dots are labeled, from top right to bottom left, “Titania,” “Oberon,” “Umbriel,” and “Miranda.” The white dot and its accompanying black dot are labeled “Ariel and shadow.” The faint rings encircling the blue sphere are labeled simply “rings.” Reference EXTENDED DESCRIPTION for more details.
Uranus and Moons Compass Image

At top, left corner appears “Uranus – 26 July 2026.”

“HST ACS” appears on next line.

On third line, in deep blue, appears “F750N.”

On fourth line, in bright green, appears “F770N”

On fifth line, in red, appears “F790N.”

At bottom left corner is scale bar. On top of bar is “20,000 miles.” Below bar is “32,000 kilometers.” At bottom right corner, north and east compass arrows point up and left, respectively.

Four small, white dots appear in a jagged, roughly diagonal line from top right to bottom left. They are on a solid black background. A fifth white dot is superimposed on a much larger blue sphere with pink, white, and lighter blue diagonal striations, also on the black background. Also superimposed on the sphere is a tiny black dot, to the right and slightly beneath the white dot. Encircling the blue sphere at the same steep diagonal angle as the white dots and striations are thin, ghostly, white, Saturn-like rings. The four white dots are labeled, from top right to bottom left, “Titania,” “Oberon,” “Umbriel,” and “Miranda.” The white dot and its accompanying black dot are labeled “Ariel and shadow.” The faint rings encircling the blue sphere are labeled simply “rings.”

About The Object

Object Name
Uranus
Object Description
Gas giant planet

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