astronomyblog:
This wider view of Uranus reveals the planet’s faint rings and several of its satellites.
The bright satellite on the lower right corner is Ariel, which has a snowy white surface. Five small satellites with dark surfaces can be seen just outside the rings. Clockwise from the top, they are: Desdemona, Belinda, Portia, Cressida, and Puck. Even fainter satellites were imaged in deeper exposures, also taken with the Advanced Camera in August 2003.
Credit: NASA/ESA and Erich Karkoschka, University of Arizona
