Pluto from last night

[multiweb]

Pluto and New Horizons somewhere in there.
C11 at prime - QHY9 LUM 20x1min.
Did three panels then cropped to make sure I didn't miss it.
Bloody windy too but I got enough subs to make up for it.

[rustigsmed]

nice capture there marc,

have you also captured a couple of faint PN in there? at 9or10oclock and 7o'clock?

[multiweb]

Thanks Russel, but I reckon those are just noise artefacts. You can check the 1:1 version here (http://www.astropic.net/astro/pluto_20150713_fff.jpg) but you'll have to dig out Pluto. Good luck. As I said lots of wind and high altitude clouds made it for a challenging evening.

Better than tonight by the look of it, that's why I did it yesterday. I wanted to time it at 21:00 tonight when the spacecraft goes through the Pluto System but hey, what's a couple of 100000kms after 3 billions miles. Close enough. ;)

[rustigsmed]

would have been great to photograph at the exact time but yeah 24 hours aint much over 10 years that's nearly a miracle with this year's weather :)

the 1:1.. ok they appear to be 3 dust bunnies to the left and not sure what it is at 7 oclock probably noise as you say.

[multiweb]

Yes, my flat fielding was a little chonky on this . Sorry.

[rustigsmed]

no need to be sorry!! sorry if it sounded like I was nitpicking - It just caught my eye and I thought you might have captured a dim planetary neb in there as well :)

[multiweb]

Nah... all good. I have to get my flats ADU a little higher with the C11 when I do LUM rather than NB. Not sure why but that's the way it works. Just forgot on the night. I do way too much Ha. :P

[rustigsmed]

Haha - Is there such a thing? Is it even possible? perhaps you need another mount to have both rigs going at the same time :thumbsup:

[leon]

Nice work Marc, had you not circled it i would never have found it :lol:

Leon :thumbsup:

[multiweb]

When I retire and get an obs :)


Thanks Leon. :thumbsup: Yeah I had to plate solve that field first then figure out where Pluto RA/DEC were then I worked out that it wasn't in the fov. Bit of a sh|t beginning for the evening after 1h shooting the wrong parts. I eventually got it on the edge. :)

[strongmanmike]

Well, one for the family album I recon Marc...a momentous photo really :thumbsup:...who would'a thunk it....amazing

Mike

[multiweb]

Thanks :thumbsup: And it's Bastille day today too. What are the odds? Talk about good timing. :lol: