Eris (2003 UB313) - 19th Sept from Brisbane

[Dennis]

Hello,

I've been meaning to grab this "new" dwarf planet for a couple of weeks now, but poor weather has thwarted me. Last night we had a (temporary) break in the clouds and between sets of cloud, I was able to grab 3 x 10 minute exposures and managed to capture the mag 18.78 body.

Several PGC designation galaxies are scattered throughout the field, which is approx 16x10 arc mins.

C9.25, F6.3 Reducer/Corrector, SBIG ST7E, Prime Focus, 3 x 10 min exposures.

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman (Mike)]

Well done Dennis, interesting to see how dim it is, but still brighter than Pluto!

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Wow Dennis! Some real faint objects in there.

Originally Posted by iceman

Well done Dennis, interesting to see how dim it is, but still brighter than Pluto!

Isn't Pluto mag 14?!

[iceman (Mike)]

Whoops, I meant bigger than Pluto. Thanks.

[Dennis]

Thanks guys. When the raw image first displayed on the notebook display, noise, warts and all, I thought something had gone wrong due to the presence all those faint, fuzzy PGC's. Not quite Hubble deep field though.

Cheers

Dennis

[beren]

Top work Dennis , very interesting thanks for sharing

[Lee]

That is very cool.... I like the galaxies more than the rock!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Arrgghhh Dennis, me lad, ye be a clever scurvy dawg

Nice shootin' Tex

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

I'm with Lee! The Galaxies are excellent!!!!

But congrats on catching Eris, errr, Xena, errr, ummmm 2003UB313. Well done.