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W. M. Keck Observatory, Hawaii

 

OBSERVATIONS OF NEPTUNE, ITS MOONS AND RINGS

 

Neptune's disappearing clouds linked to the solar cycle Click on thumbnail for more information, images, and references.

Hippocamp: Neptune's 7th moon Click on thumbnail for more information, images, and references.

NEPTUNE'S EQUATORIAL STORM An extremely bright equatorial storm was detected in June 2017. Click on thumbnail for more information, images, and references.

New Dark VORTEX on NEPTUNE A new dark vortexon Neptune. Click on thumbnail for more information, images, and references.

NEPTUNE'S ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS Using data at radio, near- and mid-infrared wavelengths we derived a global cirulation pattern in Neptune's atmophere. Click on thumbnail for more information, images, and references.

NAIAD: Archival Hubble Images Reveal Neptune's 'Lost' Inner Moon, Naiad. Click on thumbnail for more information, images, and references.

NEW MOON: Hubble Finds New Moon Orbiting Neptune. Click on thumbnail for more information, images, and references.

SEEING DOUBLE AT NEPTUNE'S SOUTH POLE: Keck near-infrared images of Neptune from UT 26 July 2007 show that the south polat spot had split into two small spots. Click on thumbnail for more information, images, and references.

NEPTUNE AND ITS RINGS IN 2002-2003 Near infrared images of Neptune and its ring system taken with AO on Keck II in July 2002 and October 2003. Click on thumbnail for more information, images, and references.

NEPTUNE: POWER OF AO A demonstration of the power of AO: images before and after the AO system is turned on. Click on the thumbnail for more information, images and references.

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