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Observations of Uranus were made on the 8/9th November with HST/WFC3 at a time when a huge cloud complex was present at 30 - 40N. We imaged Uranus in seven filters spanning 467 - 924 nm, and analysed these observations with the NEMESIS…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-22 Patrick G. J. Irwin , Michael H. Wong , Amy A. Simon , G. S. Orton , Daniel Toledo

Ground-based near-IR observations have revealed that Uranus anomalously hot upper atmosphere, detected by Voyager 2, has been steadily cooling. The observed $H_3^+$ and $H_2$ emission-line spectra probe Uranus' ionosphere and thermosphere,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Laurence Trafton , Kyle Kaplan

We present results from mid-infrared imaging of Uranus at wavelengths of 13.0 micron and 18.7 micron, sensing emission from the stratosphere and upper troposphere, acquired using the VISIR instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT),…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-15 Michael T. Roman , Leigh N. Fletcher , Glenn S. Orton , Naomi Rowe-Gurney , Patrick G. J. Irwin

We have developed a new retrieval approach to modelling near-infrared spectra of Uranus that represents a significant improvement over previous modelling methods. We reanalysed IRTF/SpeX observations of Uranus observed in 2009 covering the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 P. G. J. Irwin , D. S. Tice , L. N. Fletcher , J. K. Barstow , N. A. Teanby , G. S. Orton , G. R. Davis

An extremely bright storm system observed in Uranus' atmosphere by amateur observers in September 2014 triggered an international campaign to observe this feature with many telescopes across the world. Observations of the storm system in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-09 Patrick G. J. Irwin , Leigh N. Fletcher , Peter L. Read , Dane Tice , Imke de Pater , Glenn S. Orton , Nicholas A. Teanby , Gary R. Davis

Post equinox imaging of Uranus by HST, Keck, and Gemini telescopes has enabled new measurements of winds over previously sampled latitudes as well as measurements at high northern latitudes that have recently come into better view. These…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-03 Lawrence Sromovsky , Patrick Fry , Heidi Hammel , Imke de Pater , Kathy Rages

We present a radiative transfer analysis of latitudinally resolved H (1.487-1.783 micron) and K (2.028-2.364 micron) band spectra of Uranus, from which we infer the distributions of aerosols and methane in the planet's atmosphere. Data were…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 Michael T. Roman , Don Banfield , Peter J. Gierasch

We imaged Uranus in the near infrared from 2012 into 2014, using the Keck/NIRC2 camera and Gemini/NIRI camera, both with adaptive optics. We obtained exceptional signal to noise ratios by averaging 8-16 individual exposures in a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-17 L. A. Sromovsky , I. de Pater , P. M. Fry , H. B. Hammel , P. Marcus

As the 7 December 2007 equinox of Uranus approached, ring and atmosphere observers produced a substantial collection of observations using the 10-m Keck telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope. Those spanning the period from 7 June 2007…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-09 Lawrence Sromovsky , Patrick Fry , Heidi Hammel , William Ahue , Imke de Pater , Kathy Rages , Mark Showalter , Marcos van Dam

In spite of an expected decline in convective activity following the 2007 equinox of Uranus, eight sizable storms were detected on the planet with the near-infrared camera NIRC2, coupled to the adaptive optics system, on the 10-m W. M. Keck…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Imke de Pater , L. A. Sromovsky , P. M. Fry , Heidi B. Hammel , Christoph Baranec , Kunio Sayanagi

The aurorae of Uranus were recently detected in the far ultraviolet with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) providing a new, so far unique, means to remotely study the asymmetric Uranian magnetosphere from Earth. We analyze here two new HST…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-07 L. Lamy , R. Prangé , K. C. Hansen , C. Tao , S. W. H. Cowley , T. Stallard , H. Melin , N. Achilleos , P. Guio , S. V. Badman , T. Kim , N. Pogorelov

We present a deep optical survey of Uranus' Hill sphere for small satellites. The Subaru 8-m telescope was used to survey about 3.5 square degrees with a 50% detection efficiency at limiting red magnitude m = 26.1 mag. This magnitude…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Scott S. Sheppard , David Jewitt , Jan Kleyna

The outer solar system provides a unique, quiet vantage point from which to observe the universe around us, where measurements could enable several niche astrophysical science cases that are too difficult to perform near Earth. NASA's New…

We present observations of Uranus in northern spring with the VLA from 0.7 cm to 5 cm. These observations reveal details in thermal emission from Uranus' north pole at 10s of bars, including a dark collar near 80N and a bright spot at the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-26 Alex Akins , Mark Hofstadter , Bryan Butler , A. James Friedson , Edward Molter , Marzia Parisi , Imke de Pater

We present photometric properties of six small (radii < 100 km) satellites of Uranus based on 32 H-(1.49-1.78 um) band images taken on August 29, 2015 from the Keck II Telescope on Maunakea, Hawaii with the near-infrared camera NIRC2…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-17 Samuel Paradis , Chris Moeckel , Joshua Tollefson , Imke de Pater

The planets Uranus and Neptune with small apparent diameters are primary calibration standards. We investigate their variability at ~90 GHz using archived data taken at the IRAM 30m telescope during the 20 years period 1985 to 2005. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Kramer , R. Moreno , A. Greve

HST/STIS observations of Uranus in 2015 show that the depletion of upper tropospheric methane has been relatively stable and that the polar region has been brightening over time as a result of increased aerosol scattering. This…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 Lawrence A. Sromovsky , Erich Karkoschka , Patrick M. Fry , Imke de Pater , Heidi B. Hammel

NASA's Spitzer Infrared Spectrometer (IRS) acquired mid-infrared (5-37 microns) disc-averaged spectra of Uranus very near to its equinox in December 2007. A mean spectrum was constructed from observations of multiple central meridian…

We present new observations of the cosmic ultraviolet background (CUVB) at high Galactic latitudes ($|b| > 40^{\circ}$), made using the Alice UV spectrograph on board the New Horizons spacecraft. These observations were taken at about 57 AU…

Using a newly developed `holistic' atmospheric model of the aerosol structure in Uranus's atmosphere, based upon observations made by HST/STIS, Gemini/NIFS and IRTF/SpeX from 2000 -- 2009, we make a new estimate the bolometric Bond albedo…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-15 Patrick G. J. Irwin , Daniel D. Wenkert , Amy A. Simon , Emma Dahl , Heidi B. Hammel
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