New cloud activity on Uranus in 2004: First detection of a southern feature at 2.2 μm

On 4 July 2004 UT, we detected one of Uranus' southern hemispheric cloud features at K′ (2.12 μm); this is the first such detection in half a decade of adaptive optics imaging of Uranus at the Keck 10-m telescope. When we observed again on 8 July UT the feature's bright core had faded. By...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) N.Y. 1962), 2005-05, Vol.175 (1), p.284-288
Hauptverfasser:	Hammel, H.B., de Pater, I., Gibbard, S.G., Lockwood, G.W., Rages, K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astronomy Atmosphere Earth, ocean, space Exact sciences and technology Solar system Uranus
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