Observation by Peter Tickner: Uranus and moons

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2022 Oct 18 - 00:35

Uploaded

2022 Oct 18 - 23:29

Objects

Uranus

Equipment

ZWO ASI462MC and ZWO ASI482MC
4x Televue PowerMate
luminance and 742 nm IR pass filters
14inch f/10 LX200ACF SCT
EQ8 mount

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Uranus and its moons

Title

Uranus and moons

About this image

This was Uranus at a good height in reasonably steady 'seeing'. By using an IR 742 nm pass filter I was also able to capture all five of the main moons, including the tricky Miranda which never strays far from the glow of Uranus. The ASI482MC took the best images of Uranus but the IR sensitive ASI462MC was able to capture the moons at a fast enough frame rate to avoid too much travel while picking them out.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

Uranus and five moons 18th October.png (154.8 kB)

Like this image

Mike Harlow, Ron Johnson, Manolo_Rodriguez, Dr Paul Leyland, Mike Foulkes

Comments

Dr Paul Leyland, 2022 Oct 21 - 15:54 UTC

[Borat]Very nice[/Borat]

I have yet to get Miranda, despite numerous tries, so well done!

Solving the "too much travel" issue can often be done by taking numerous subs and tracking on the predicted motion of the satellite. Contact me if you would like a script which does this for a series of FITS images.

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