Neptune - Voyager 2

Neptune linear high clouds, orange filter image

Neptune
Voyager 2 image of high linear clouds on Neptune from 215,000 km. The clouds appear to rise 50 to 150 km above the surrounding cloud deck. The low sun angle (the terminator is at the right) causes the sun-facing side to be very bright, and clouds cast shadows on to the cloud deck. The clouds are centered at 27 N latitude. The image was taken through the orange filter of the wide-angle camera. The frame is roughly 12,000 km across and north is at 10:30. (Voyager 2, 11387.39)
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Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1989-08-25 T 00:38:23
Distance/Range (km): 215,000.
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A
Orbit(s): flyby

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: clouds terminator
Instrument: Narrow-angle Vidicon Camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): 800 x 800, 8 bit
Instrument Field of View (deg): 0.424 x 0.424
Filter: orange
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A
Phase Angle (deg): N/A
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: VG_0011
NASA Image ID number: FDS 11387.39
Other Image ID number: 1546N2-001
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 77-076A-01T
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): 77-076A-01f
Other ID: N/A

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Dave Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov, (301) 286-1258
Code 690.1, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Jay Friedlander, jay.s.friedlander@nasa.gov, (301) 286-7172
Code 612.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

NASA Official: Dr. David R. Williams, David.R.Williams@nasa.gov
Last updated: 24 September 2015