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Another amateur image of Uranus and why does Neptune look green?

ljk — 7/20/2005 12:44:17 PM (archived)

The July 19 issue of Universe Today has another amateur image of Uranus and some of its moons here:

http://www.universetoday.com/am/uploads/2005-0719uranus-sm.jpg

Question: Why does Neptune look green in telescopes when it was clearly blue in the Voyager 2 images from 1989?

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The whole thread (7 posts)

Uranus moons - Raoul - 7/19/2005 8:29:21 PM
- I photographed some of those moons with a C-20 - Gary - 7/21/2005 2:42:24 AM
  - 97 degrees - no eclipses - Nick Hoffman - 7/21/2005 7:20:09 AM
    - Nick is absolutely correct - Gary - 7/21/2005 4:16:35 PM
- amazing for a ground based 'amateur' telescope - Daniel - 7/20/2005 4:19:31 PM
- Another amateur image of Uranus and why does Neptune look green? - ljk - 7/20/2005 12:44:17 PM
- Not a Bart Simpson gag (n/t) - alcaray - 7/20/2005 12:01:36 AM

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