Keck II Telescope Peers into Uranus’ Depths Using Adaptive-Optics

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These images showcase the fine-scale structure of the atmosphere of Uranus, and contain vastly more detail than other images. The images were taken by the adaptive-optics-equipped telescope, the Keck II, which employed its NIRC2 camera.

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