Moon, Uranus & Uranian Moons - occultation images

[AstroJunk (Jonathan)]

Brilliant! I considered trying to video it myself, but in the end the seeing was too poor so I just enjoyed the view (quick though it was!)

I never thought it would be possible to capture 16th mag so close to the full moon ... BTW, I think you have Titania and Oberon swapped.

[Ric]

Brilliant images Dennis,
and getting the moons of Uranus as well, thats awesome.
Keep up the great work I look forward to your next images

cheers

[glenc (Glen)]

The collage was very impressive.
I agree with the 20 million times calculation.
For me Uranus was on the other side of the triangular mountain peak on the moon's limb.
The result of parallax.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by AstroJunk

Brilliant! I considered trying to video it myself, but in the end the seeing was too poor so I just enjoyed the view (quick though it was!)

I never thought it would be possible to capture 16th mag so close to the full moon ... BTW, I think you have Titania and Oberon swapped.

Hi AstroJunk

Thanks for the correction - now fixed. I have posted the revised edition with a time lapse collage in Pane 1.

Cheers

Dennis

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by glenc

The collage was very impressive.
I agree with the 20 million times calculation.
For me Uranus was on the other side of the triangular mountain peak on the moon's limb.
The result of parallax.

Hello, Glen

Thanks for verifying the calculations; I was a little unsure of my sums, as 20,000,000 sounded a big number! I didn't realise that the parallax effect would be so pronounced over such a relatively small terrestrial distance, so that was a very interesting observation too.

Cheers

Dennis

[mojo (Terry)]

Very impressive, Dennis!

(P.S. Put your name on it)

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Dennis I absolutely love your work !
This is absolutely worthy of publication.

:thum bsup: