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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Nice Dennis. I like the colour of Uranus. The scale is pretty good too. I really must give this planet a shot. Anthony tells me that there have been possible markings available to image with some southern storms present of late.
I really like your presentation too, well done.
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Hi Paul
One of the few amateur astronomers that I know of who have managed to record Miranda, is Paolo Lazarotti and his fine image can be seen here.
http://www.lazzarotti-hires.com/category/outer
Although he is using one of his specialised, long focal length planetary ‘scopes, a 315mm Cassegrain with a Luminera Infinity 2-1M ccd, I figured I might just get away with a mere 180mm of aperture using the more sensitive, cooled ST2000XM.
I think that Miranda’s orbit keeps it to within less than 10 arc secs from Uranus making it such a difficult target.
I would be very interested to see what you could achieve with your gear and planetary imaging skills!
Cheers
Dennis