Observation by Mike Foulkes: Uranus with a small aperture

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Mike Foulkes

Observer

Mike Foulkes

Observed

2023 Nov 14 - 20:41

Uploaded

2023 Nov 23 - 10:35

Objects

Uranus

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Constellation

Aries

Field centre

RA: 03^h13^m
Dec: +17°34'
Position angle: -36°56'

Field size

0°24' × 0°17'

Equipment

250mm Focal Length Lens F5

Exposure

6 x 10sec exposures

Location

Henlow

Target name

Uranus

Title

Uranus with a small aperture

About this image

This is an enlargement on an image taken with only a 250mm F5 lens. Two stars lie p. the planet and Stellarium indicates that they have magnitudes of 10.8 and 14.1 respectively. Other field stars can be identified from Stellarium. However very close to the overexposed image of the planet are two fainter stars which fit the positions of Titania (Nf) at magnitude 13.8 and Oberon (Nf.) at magnitude 14.1. A more recent observation has picked these up again.

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Uranus 2023 Nov 14 2041 UT.jpg (376.5 kB)

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