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Old 29-10-2009, 05:19 PM
Dennis
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Thanks Ric & Dave, I’m glad that I’m not the only one that enjoys looking at these non-descript blobs of white on a dark background!

Previously I only used SkyTools for planning when to image the 4 brighter moons and it wasn’t until I fired up Starry Night pro 6 after an effort by Steve (Kinetic) that Miranda showed up and appeared to be within the capabilities of my gear.

Running SNP forward, it seems that Miranda's greatest apparent distance from Uranus is around 9 arcsecs so it will require quite a balancing act to capture it; a long enough exposure to record it but not so long that the glow from Uranus swamps the feeble pin prick of light.

Cheers

Dennis
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