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17-September-2006, 12:38 PM
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Uranus
Saturday 16 September 2006 at 2300h BST (Conon Bridge, Highlands, Scotland) Uranus was very easy to find in the constellation Aquarius at RA 22h 55.9m Dec -7.7°. It had an apparent magnitude of 5.7 and could be easily located using the finderscope forming a distinct triangular grouping with lambda Aquarii (mag 3.7) and 78 Aquarii (mag 6.2). Equipment used: 8" SCT with f6.3 focal reducer, Nikon Coolpix 5700 digital camera afocally attached to a 9mm Plossl eyepiece. Camera settings: 4sec exposures, f/4.2, ISO400. 33/77 images were stacked using Registax v3. At all stages of image processing the colour was unadjusted and what you are seeing is the colour seen through the eyepiece on the night - it was wonderful. This blue-green colour arises from traces of methane in its atmosphere. Image processing - Photoshop CS: HiPass filter (duplicate layer, radius 77.5 pixels, soft light, opacity 50%); Neat Image: (filter and sharpen), Photoshop CS: crop and reduce image size (left image, the right image is actual original size). Regards Eric Last edited by reckless; 18-September-2006 at 06:14 PM. 
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17-September-2006, 02:37 PM
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Hi Eric nice photo of Uranus. Yes the color or this planet is very pleasing to the eye great work Paul.
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17-September-2006, 05:34 PM
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That's the very one Wolfie.
There is a "right-angle triangle" to the lower left of your image (81, 82, and 83 Aquarii) Cheers Eric
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17-September-2006, 10:57 PM
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Not too different from Voyager 2 images. Neat!
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18-September-2006, 04:36 PM
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Indeed those are great images , I just wish more people would point the ol' scopes at Uranus.
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