Uranus and moons; Oberon, Titania, Umbriel & Ariel

[Dennis]

Hello,

Here is a re-process of some data from 2006; my migration to Photoshop and some improved processing skills has contributed to making a more pleasing final result.

Moon details (magnitude & separation from Uranus):
Oberon (m14.2, 41”)
Titania (m13.9, 25”)
Umbriel (m15.0, 13”)
Ariel (m14.4, 10”)

This image cannot be used for scientific purposes due to the extent of my image processing – I used Layers to blend in a colour image of Uranus captured with a different telescope and camera back in 2004.

Moons captured with C9.25 and SBIG ST7.
Uranus colour from Vixen 4” F9 refractor and Meade LPI.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers

Dennis

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Thanks Dennis, very nice!

Bird

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Lovely repro Dennis.
We don't see enough of the outer planets on this forum.

[toryglen-boy (Duncan)]

thats quite a stark image, but it really adds to it.

nice one, i would be really pleased with this

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

That's pretty funky Dennis,

Love it.

More please.

Chris

[Quark (Trevor)]

Very nicely presented Dennis,

It is pretty rare to see images of Uranus here or elswhere.

Top stuff
Regards
Trevor

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Nice image scale and detail Dennis.

Regards,

Peter

[h0ughy (David)]

you are a true Master of the Universe Dennis - excellent result. I take that this is training for astrofest given the past weather patterns? will we see this on APOD or spaceweather - does deserve that

[Liz]

Great image of Uranus and the Moons, very clear.
Also agree with other comments re great to see the outer planets

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

Fantastic image and should be more of it.

Frank

[Dennis]

Hello,

Thank you to everyone for your nice words of appreciation, they are most welcome. To dispel any potential mystique about this image, I thought that I would post some of the components that went into the production of it; warning, the data is rather raw and dirty!

• A single raw frame from the ST7 (3 second exposure).
• A stack of 5 raw frames from the ST7.
• A coloured Uranus from the Meade LPI and Vixen 4” F9 refractor with an x2 Barlow.

If I exposed the ST7 at the prime focus of the C9.25 for longer than 3 seconds, the bloated glare from the disc of Uranus completely overwhelmed the closest moon, Ariel.

Cheers

Dennis

[Darth Wader (Wade)]

Good to see some recognition for my favourite planet. Nice work Dennis!

Cheers
Wade

[sheeny (Al)]

Wonderful work, Dennis! I really appreciate these shots.

Hmmm... just working out image scale...I live about 9.7ks south of Oberon, and about 4-5 ks from Titania... therefore, I must live somewhere near Umbriel, but the maps say I'm in Norway!

Al.

[Bloodbean (Troy)]

Excellent work, well worth the effort Dennis! Good to see some of the outer planets, something different.. Look forward to seeing more from you in the future.

Troy