Uranus - Sept. 16th

[Kirkus]

Before breaking down for the night, I swung my scope over to where Uranus was, about 45 degrees above the horizon. I didn't expect to be able to pick it up, but after pumping the gain, exposure, and black-point way up, there it was. I had to process the devil out of it to pull the planet out of the fuzzy frames.

[Dennis]

Nice work Kirk. The colours make it look more like the NASA Neptune images I have seen; that is, more blue than green.

Cheers

Dennis

[Liz]

Beautiful colour Kirk :thumbsup:

[desler]

Congratulations Kirk, Great capture.

Daz

[Matt Wastell]

Hi Kirk

Nice capture - these distant planets are always good to capture regardless of the challenge. I wish there were more images posted - I guess they are not overly targeted as they will only ever be little blue or green balls - but great little balls!
Thanks for sharing!

[Screwdriverone]

Nice work Captain James T!

Although I do tend to agree with Dennis, the colour of the planet tends to suggest that you may have captured yourself a fancy Neptune instead of Uranus which looks more mediterranean green than that blue.

Either way, very nice work.

p.s. sorry for that crappy joke.

Cheers

Chris

[Kirkus]

I've been called "Captain" my entire life, although I will answer to all sorts of things. ;)

I'm sure it's Uranus, as my goto is pretty accurate. Plus, I'm not sure my camera would pick up anything as faint as Neptune. But I do struggle with correct color from my webcam. I did adjust the hue and saturation a bit in Photoshop on this image and should have paid more attention to the hue.

Thanks for posts and tips!