Decided to have a go at Uranus for the first time this morning with seeing peaking at around 6/10 here in Melbourne which is something of a miracle considering the bad weather we have been having.
Attached are three shots: at 100%, at 200% and resampled at 200%. 800 odd frames simply stacked and processed in registax.
The Earth like blue hue of the planet is amazing (I guess it's all that methane). No features visible unfortunately.
It may be just my eyes but in the first and third pics (100% & resampled 200%) I'm sure I can see some slight dark blue banding (2 bands) similiar to Neptunes but closer to the equator.
You could be the Damian Peach of Uranus. Or as I would say the Asimov of Uranus. Need to check if any bands are actually being captured by the big Pro-telescopes. I can remember seeing a photo of it in a book (Southern Celestial Objects I think by Patrick Moore) over 30 years ago. Uranus was green with 2 brown EQ belts.
Interesting, most hubble shots show no detail. I find it strange that the 'artifact insertion gods' would decide to put 2 bands on there...Stranger things have happened I guess..
Nice capture, we never see enough of the distant planets being captured.
A couple of years ago , the Keck scope with AO grabbed some images showing some detail, the rings and moons.
Apart from that the only other detail from amateur scopes I've seen has been the moons.
A couple of years ago , the Keck scope with AO grabbed some images showing some detail, the rings and moons. Apart from that the only other detail from amateur scopes I've seen has been the moons.
Just thinking, doesn't Uranus have its poles tilted at some unusually high tilt, so we may only see the polar region, EQ belts if present may not be facing us.
