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Old 09-08-2006, 12:33 PM
Dennis
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Uranus and Ariel, Oberon and Titania.

Hello,

Another hard night at the office, under the almost full moon with clouds a plenty. The seeing was generally poor and I also had poor seeing, as I was finding it difficult to focus! I had to wait until 01:36am for a sufficiently long break in the clouds to acquire, focus and compose the image.

Anyhow, here is Uranus and 3 of his moons; Ariel, Oberon and Titania.

Due to the (long) 10 sec exposure, Uranus has bloated out and swamped Umbriel. This seems a much more difficult target than Neptune and Triton, whose brightness variation is less extreme.

Cheers

Dennis
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