Bright storm on Uranus, October 2

[bird]

After many months of poor seeing around here I was blessed with one night of excellent seeing, coinciding with the transit of the newly discovered storm on Uranus.

Here's the image taken when the storm was at the CM, and an animation of images taken 15 mins apart that span before and after.

Details:

Scope: 16" f/4 newtonian
Camera: PGR Grasshopper3 Sony IMX174
Filter: Thorlabs 650nm longpass (with the camera, makes effectively 650nm - 850nm)
Capture: 15 mins @ 150ms (6.6fps), stacked best 75%
Software: Firecapture 2.4beta, ninox, Registax6, Gimp

You can see the two semi-permanent cloud bands ( north polar band at lower right and faint sub-equatorial band at upper left) as well as the very bright storm.

cheers, Bird

[rustigsmed]

wow that is really quite something!

great work Bird!

Cheers,

Russ

[leon]

Excellent stuff indeed, well done.

Leon

[traveller]

Wow indeed. Great job in capturing the details.
Bo

[lepton3]

Fascinating images. And thanks for the technical details.

Really hope we get some good seeing here in Adelaide while this is still happening.

-Ivan

[h0ughy]

that is pushing the bounds of earth viewing - excellent results

[Craige]

Very cool. Excellent results!

[PacoYepes]

very goog.


Greetings

[Star Catcher]

That is impressive, well done!
Ted

[trent_julie]

Wow..

[DavidU]

Very cool indeed !:thumbsup:

[Quark]

Most excellent work Bird.

Cheers
Trevor

[bird]

Thanks all,

cheers, Bird

[multiweb]

Extreme imaging. Cool.:thumbsup:

[Matt Wastell]

Fantastic stuff - enjoyed them!

[Camelopardalis]

Excellent work :thumbsup:

[Curt]

Very cool indeed.

[Shiraz]

astounding resolution - congratulations.

[icytailmark]

wonder if nasa is taking photos of uranus now??

[icytailmark]

would nasa point hubble at uranus just for a storm???

[bird]

Mark, yes they would, and yes they will - on Oct 13 :-)

[SkyViking]

That is just sensational Anthony, incredible detail! Awesome work as always :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Well done Anthony, seeing has paid off and so has your persistence. :thumbsup: