Observation by David Perkin: Uranus August 2018

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David Perkin

Observer

David Perkin

Observed

2018 Aug 31 - 11:54

Uploaded

2024 Feb 05 - 11:59

Objects

Uranus

Equipment

Visual using 10" Astrograph & sketching

Location

Cumberland

Target name

Uranus

Title

Uranus August 2018

About this image

Probably comet strike. Feaure later detected by US professionals using IR filters is probably the same thing a month or so later..

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Uranus 31_8_2018 4.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Comments

David Perkin, 2024 Feb 05 - 12:02 UTC

I believe other amateurs observed this at the same time or just later. I make no claim to have "discovered" it. My first thought was that it was some artifact in my apparatus.

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