Uranian moons

[nytecam]

Most autumns I try to target Uranus - the first planet to be discovered in modern times rising in the east at dusk. It's long way away at x19 the distance of our sun so pretty cold out there - my pic below from last night

As Uranus itself is quite faint [mag 5.8 and visible in binos] and tiny [only 4"arc diam] I'm actually targetting the Uranian satellites and caught three last night in Titania, Oberon and Umbiel - a 4th in Ariel may just be the *bump* on the lower edge of Uranus itself - see the Cartes du Ciel planetarium prediction for that hour lower right.

The main pic is 20s exposure and the inset lower left just 3s exp with the disk of Uranus just 1/10s to avoid over-exposure and bluish in colour. Hope it's of interest

[htcdude]

Fascinating stuff nytecam thanks for sharing

Nige

[artdemole]

Grand shots of a hard to see planet from my area.