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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Uranus Imaged in the C11

07 June 2010

Finally....Captured a pic of Uranus.

Not a great one, but one nevertheless...

I set up outside my garage at 3:30 am to see if I could catch Uranus and pleased that I could image it.

(This was after a four hour session by the Adler...ending at 1:30 am...
astronomer.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Observations&action=display&thread=2739 )

It was fairly easy to locate, being in close conjunction with Jupiter - only about a degree and a half or so. The Rigel finder made quick work of locating it.

The disk was clearly displayed in a 25mm and kicking it up to a 10mm provided good views - although the atmospheric conditions weren't the best. But the color was unmistakable.

(I have developed tracking difficulties in R.A axis motion, ergo, Uranus wasn't tracked properly and I had to nudge it during the imaging - most of which were not worthy of posting. But this one above was the best and quite cool.

I zoomed in, but conditions at hand did not provide a clear shot.

I also slewed toward Jupiter for some quick shots and noticed that Callisto was near a limb...

The breezes were not making imaging easy and this was not my best session...

And...some quick lunar shots...

An hour later at 4:30 am, dawn ended the quick session...

My dog Laika is making a good space dog and she knows that I'm preparing to bring the scope out....

Good girl.

There was good Earthshine on the darkside of the Moon this early morning...

I should have taken a wide shot of the Moon, Jupiter and Uranus when I first stared, but grabbed a couple afterwards...

This shot, only taken with the Canon Powershot S3 at 12x optical zoom, Uranus can clearly be observed in close conjunction with Jupiter.

I need to work on this damned tracking situation. I don't know if it's balance or something else that's preventing R.A. tracking. A daytime task...among others...

Another good session with Laika and Astro Joe

[patrickm]

d00d!!
As one of my coworkers is fond of saying, your night was EPIC! Loads of cool shots as usual, but the blue globe of Uranus is pretty spectacular, even if not Hubble quality.

My astro imaging is terrible, even with the new bracket. Gives me something to work on as well. Thanks for the post, though it also made me blue with envy!

Off to our deck to see what I can see before the week turns crap.
p

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Patrick,

In the eyepiece, it more more blue-green, but here in the pic it's more blue.

I wonder how Neptune will come out when I image it. And I dig that one can see a disk.

But, I have observed all planets 'cept Pluto. Still a planet according to the Illinois government...

www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=pluto-fans-illinois-stands-with-you-2009-03-06

I bet the outer planets could be discovered today under light polluted skies.

[Paulie pchris00]

Illinois government? That of Blago and George Ryan? Hmmm....


Uranus is the only major planet I've never seen, but I'm hoping I can use Jupiter to find it soon.