dawson Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Blinking hard planet to image! Good to look at visually though if you've not already done so. These were AVIs I'd taken with my CMOS ZWO camera, on my 180mm Mak (f/15). Firecapture software. AVIs 300-600 seconds at very low frame rates as I had to have the gain and exposure durations quite high as it's relativelt faint (compred to Saturn and Jupiter), so about 2-3 frames per second; about 160x160 frame area. Stacked in Registax 6. Micro tweak in Registax but nothing else. I'm not exactly proud of them, but it's a little achievement. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Uranus? Well.......oh I just saw the rest of the title Well done getting it in the chip James! Smashing stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Well it's another thing to tick off the list Now, where's Pluto... JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Nice one James - don't often see that pic on forums - well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 There's an article in october's astronomy now on imaging uranus, by damian peach. A great image of the planet with some of its moons, though that was taken with a 14" at f/27.... I must try harder! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 What time was it when you were imaging Uranus on this occasion James? (That's a genuine question btw!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 It was quite early and it was relatively low, probably 10pm. So uranus was probably only 30 degrees above the horizon; i'd have to check stellarium. It was a work night and i didn't want to stay up too late, especially as all the kit needs dismantling once observing has ended anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Hmm I may have a go myself once I've got the stuff in the new house (which is now gonna be 1st October!Don't ask!) will probably have to get to wymeswold to get a shot of it what with it being that low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Stellarium suggests Uranus was 22 degrees above the horizon when I imaged it! I hadn't realized it was quite that low; seeing from my garden wasn't that good that night either, so it gives me hope I might be able to get better results later in the year. Again, looking at Stellarium, it suggests at 10pm Uranus will be 30 degree above the horizon on 1st October, and nearly 40 degrees above on 1st November then dropping again, so maybe we should plan a Uranus imaging session around that time. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Sounds like a good idea James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harper. Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Nice work Dawson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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