Pluto? - Pushing my Luck...

[Stub Mandrel]

Not easy as  deep down in the light pollution and moonlight.

Stack of ten images from the ASI  120MC, inverted:

 

With Stellarium image for the same minute overlaid. Interestingly two brighter stars not keyed - show up as black dots. Several stars dimmer than Pluto match up:

The little spot that lines up with Pluto:

 

[sloz1664]

Any chance of Charon next time? Seriously, Pluto is extremely difficult presently as you have stated. Think of the long lonely nights Clyde Tombaugh endured whilst gathering evidence of the existence of Pluto.

Steve

 

[CraigT82]

Certainly looks like you've captured it, would be interesting to see the same patch tomorrow night to see how it's moved across the field 

[Rodd]

I agree with Craig--even wait a week and get the same shot  (maybe a few days)--there would be a n obvious movement (hopefully not out of the frame!).  I remember once  on the same night I saw Uranus and Neptune--both very clear and colored spheres, I told the GOTO to find Pluto.  I never knew if it did, because there were only stars in the FOV....now I know why. 

Rodd

[Stub Mandrel]

I had another go last night, with a different rig, but I only got four subs.

[celestron8g8]

Congratulations ! I've never attempted Pluto but I have attempted to find it in my C8 with 10mm and 2x barlow . Not an easy task just to observe . But it takes some time observing and if you can image it say next month to see if its' moved . You wont see evidence over night from what I have read about observing Pluto . Good luck and look forward to more updates on this ! 

[CraigT82]

You will be able to see Pluto's movement over a series of days... see this excellent gif by Carlos Faribairn using a DSLR with 200mm lens over 8 consecutive nights:

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oEjHBbpWeFcnV5kvC?utm_source=iframe&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=Embeds&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fdslr-astrophotography.com%2Finterview-dslr-astrophotographer-carlos-fairbairn%2F

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Linking to that:

[CraigT82]

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

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Nice... You're more tinternet savvy than me! 

[Lucas_M]

Great!

I tried to capture Pluto once but Im not sure If the field was right. That is still a job i gonna do some day.

Kiko Fairbain is a impressive astrophotographer and we are happy he is representing brazilians so well.