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Old 29-09-2008, 09:47 PM
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Uranus' Sycorax at last.

Hi All,

OK blame Dennis. He got me back into this.
This small moving blob is Sycorax. Mag 20.7 (Guide 8), 80km of something going around Uranus in an apparently strange orbit.
You will need to look at the larger version.

Sorry about the jumpy gif.
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Old 29-09-2008, 09:49 PM
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Wow Jeff, that's faint! How far away from Uranus is that? And what FL are you imaging at?
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Old 29-09-2008, 09:59 PM
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Thanks Mike.
Captured through the 12" f5 ST7 with AO. 10min exp 20min between.
It was part of a series (5) to ensure the right object movement & position angle.
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Old 30-09-2008, 06:19 AM
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Hi Jeff

Congratulations – you’ve really nailed this one and at mag 20.7, yikes that is one dim body. The only challenge left for you now, in our solar system at least, is Charyon – LOL!

Top stuff and thanks for your help and contribution in chasing down these faint, somewhat esoteric little bodies, orbiting in the cold, dark and distant out reaches of our solar system.

You’ve obviously mastered the technique to do this work, showing that you can just “pop outside” and pull this amazing feat off so easily. I still need to work up to it, with a fair bit of planning and tweaking.

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Old 30-09-2008, 04:36 PM
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Outstanding. Astounding even.
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Old 30-09-2008, 11:06 PM
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Gee mag 20, blindingly bright there Jeff. Nicely done.
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Old 01-10-2008, 06:06 AM
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Thanks guys.
They only look like a faint, moving blob; but they represent some effort to image.
I think the offset method will be needed to go deeper.
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Old 03-10-2008, 08:30 PM
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i dont dabble much in the solar system stuff, but this is most interesting, such a faint tiny moving object. well done ,

the other objects that dissapeared in the image, do you check out what they are ?
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Old 04-10-2008, 11:48 AM
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Amazing Jeff, I am always in awe of these images.

The animation really serves to fire up the imagination and enthusiasm.

Top stuff.
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Old 04-10-2008, 08:01 PM
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Thanks.
The 'things that disappear' are usually hot pixels or cosmic ray strikes.
3 or more images usually display these but I usually only use 2-3 images for the animation to save file size.
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