Neptune 18th Oct. 2012

[asimov]

Rob_K made me do it!:shrug::lol:

DMK image & false colour added.

Elements from the 2X barlow screwed to the camera nose-cone giving me 1.6X & then resized a LOT after!:D

Working @ 7.5FPS/1/8th exp. Max gain/110 gamma 6 min capture.

C11

[Shiraz]

good image Asi. looks like you might have caught the darkening around the poles as in http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01287 - are you able to work out the orientation of the planet in your image? regards Ray

[asimov]

Hi Ray. Ok I was wondering about why it was darker at 2 opposite points. I had the camera orientated to how the N S W E buttons are on the EQ6 mount controller are..

[lepton3]

Nice sharp disc, Asimov.

For colour, I took an image with the DMK, using a white balance setting from the moon. It came out a lot bluer than you have chosen. This was the case for Uranus as well.

I have never had any detail at all on Neptune, even with 20 mins of IR.

-Ivan