Neptune and Triton - 7-08-07

[moondog]

Shot of Neptune and its moon Triton from last night.

Very low down on the horizon and very wobbly. Visually its a small pale blue disk and you can't see Triton.

Canon 350D Celestron 8GPS F10 (Alt-Az). 6 subs 15 secs @ 1600 ISO

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MD

[Rob]

Well done mate... I've been waiting for these to start coming through!. I was only speaking to Russ about Neptune on Sunday..

[geppetto]

Smashing capture... 8)

Yet to see it myself

[MrEd]

Great shot

A target that eludes me and i know haw hard

it is to capture.

well done

ED

[SteelRat]

Great capture MD - real good stuff mate 8)

[Carl]

Quality image mate, Love to see more images of the outer planets.

[GazOC]

Very nice shot. I meant to have a go at this last night myself but didn't get around to it.

[geoff_k]

Nice shot you have managed there.

I am trying to do the same, but the altitude (and clouds) are defeating me.

Geoff

[moondog]

Thanks for the comments - I was pleased to be able to find Neptune never mind get a half decent image of it with its moon. I have an advantage that I live on a steep South facing slope and the horizon has a low altitude and is reasonably LP free. (North view is carp - I can just manage to see Polaris and that's about it !)

I tried to find Uranus but that was below even my horizon at the time -will have a go later in the month.

MD

[Carl]

What bout Pluto or is that to far

[GazOC]

Plutos well placed for observation at the moment but its not very interesting visually.

[moondog]

What bout Pluto or is that to far

As Gaz says, Pluto is quite well placed at the moment. Problem is it's only Mag 14. Triton - Neptune's moon is brighter at Mag 13.6, Triton is also larger than Pluto.

Pluto wouldn't be easy, but I might have a go next time I'm out. I'd need at least a 2x barlow on the C8 to get a reasonable image scale with the DSLR. Bet it takes some finding though!

MD