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Title: Uranus 12 Sep 2010
Post by: MarkS on Sep 13, 2010, 00:12:45

Uranus.

SPC900 Webcam on Celestron C11 with x2 Barlow. 180 sec of AVI at 5 frames/sec.
Best 500 frames stacked in Registax then deconvolved.

(http://www.markshelley.co.uk/Astronomy/2010/uranus12sep2010.jpg)

Mark

Title: Re: Uranus 12 Sep 2010
Post by: Mac on Sep 13, 2010, 04:44:46

looking good.

Title: Re: Uranus 12 Sep 2010
Post by: Rocket Pooch on Sep 13, 2010, 07:34:05

Thats just how it looked in France, now I'm looking to see you get detail out of that :-)

Chris

Title: Re: Uranus 12 Sep 2010
Post by: MarkS on Sep 13, 2010, 08:25:44

Quote from: Rocket Pooch
I'm looking to see you get detail out of that :-)

No chance :evil:

It's a pretty faint planet this - more or less at the limits of the webcam because of noise. I gave it exactly the same colour balance as the Jupiter image so I reckon the stunning colour is about right.

BTW, the EQ6 hand controller had the wrong RA & Dec for Uranus so it ended up well outside the FOV. I had to look it up on the Planetarium software to get its correct coords.

Mark

Title: Re: Uranus 12 Sep 2010
Post by: The Thing on Sep 13, 2010, 10:45:43

Can you update the EQ6 with new ephemerides? I ask because having just landed a new job I am in the market for a 'proper' mount. (New thread in the offing methinks.)

Title: Re: Uranus 12 Sep 2010
Post by: MarkS on Sep 13, 2010, 11:01:08

Quote from: The Thing
Can you update the EQ6 with new ephemerides?

Dunno.
The handset firmware can be updated - maybe that will do the trick.

Orpington Astronomical Society

Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: MarkS on Sep 13, 2010, 00:12:45