Occultation predictions of Uranus

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by AstroJunk

Fantastic images Dennis

Thanks Jonathan, it was touch and go setting up in time due to the uncertainty with the weather.

Here is a composite of exposures taken between 4:46am and 5:05am, some with thin cloud but others in clearer patches. I have creatively enhanced the appearance of the disc of Uranus to make it a more pleasing composition. On the originals, the dot of Uranus was a smear of a few pixels, which helped anchor the location for each frame.

Good shooting from the observatory by the way, the animation really shows the dynamic nature of this event. It’s a real shame that the egress was hidden by clouds.

Cheers

Dennis

[glenc (Glen)]

Dennis that is a great sequence.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by glenc

Dennis that is a great sequence.

Thanks Glen and thank you also for your original post, alerting us to this event.

Cheers

Dennis

[Suzy]

So great to see these images, Jonathan, Dennis & Andrew, thank you all so much .

There was a big blanket of cloud over my area in Brisbane that I gave up and went to bed.
Colin Legg over in W.A. got a nice shot too.