Okay – I still had some lingering doubts about the relative brightness of my latest candidate for Quaoar, so I re-installed The Sky 6 Pro in order to access my 6 GB USNO stars database files to display the fainter stars in the region.
When I “inverted” the Quaoar image and stretched it, I finally found the real Quaoar! So, here are the latest attachments showing the best candidate to date. Blimey – here I am with a CCD camera, GoTo’s and superb technology yet all Clyde Tombaugh had were grainy photo plates and a blink comparator when he discovered Pluto!
- The first attachment shows my “inverted” Quaoar image set to 60% transparency overlying the field in The Sky 6 Pro with the USNO stars activated.
- The second attachment is the stretched, inverted image clearly showing Quaoar.
- The third attachment is the corrected original image, stretched, to show what I believe is the best candidate for being Quaoar.
Ho hum, way too much fun!
Thank you for all your kind comments, for indulging my doubts and for humouring my subsequent investigations.
Cheers
Dennis