Uranus 2016-09-27

[assasincz]

It has been too long since I contributed anything to the forum, so I thought to share with you my latest try in planetary astrophotography.

Actually it is my first try with SW 300p Goto Flextube dobsonian which I recently acquired. I wanted to try out how the system tracks for webcam astrophotography, which is my second point of interest after visual observing. In short - it tracked quite well - no jerkyness in tracking, very smooth, stable and centred for a long time, and I am also very happy with my old motor focus which helped me out tremendously. The conditions were very poor though, and the resulting picture is heavily post-processed. At least it managed to capture the colour quite nicely.

For caputre, I use a modified Prestigion PWC2 webcam, Baader 2.25x barlow and UV/IR-cut filter. 

You can see the imaging setup in the second picture. 

 

 

[Linda]

Nice. You have caught it so big. I saw it recently in a small telescope and then it was hardly bigger than a star.

[Mr Spock]

Nice image. Uranus is a tough target and you've caught it well.

[Davey-T]

Good catch, Uranus is well placed at the moment.

Dave

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Good catch indeed

[si@nite]

Nicely captured!

[Sevo]

Excellent shot!

what was the exposure time and how many shots you've made?

[alan potts]

Very nice shot, to my eyes Uranus always seems to come across more green in my scopes, lovely photo!

[neil phillips]

Congrats on first light. Looks good for poor conditions. Great to see another imager using the Skywatcher 12" optics

[orion25]

Great job and nice setup. You captured Uranus beautifully 

[Grotemobile]

Very good. Last time I saw it, it was very small. U have done well there.