Images taken with Mak cass

[Fordprefect54]

Interested in deep solar system and details  using such scopes as 8 inch newt,8 inch SCT,140 mm  &  200 mm Mak cass.

 

could an amateur set up show detail on Uranus and Neptunes moons

 

 

 

 

 

[PeterCPC]

You are asking too much from equipment. This is an image of Uranus with a C9.25 and you can't see detail on the planet let alone it's moons.

[Fordprefect54]

Thanks for your reply.Just wondered if using some of the latest kit you could glimpse Uranus and Neptune larger  moons as discs

Regards

[PeterCPC]

 

[Nik271]

It's worth noting that pre-space era even with the largest available telescopes e.g. the 5 meter Hale telescope or the Yerkes refractor there was very little knowledge of the visual appearance of the moons of Saturn, never mind the moons of the outer planets. The angular diameter of the largest moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon, is just 0.1'' which is beyond the ability to spot detail using a conventional Earth based telescope due to the effect of the atmosphere. 

Edited May 29, 2022 by Nik271

[Paul M]

As noted, you won't see any detail but its quite possible to capture the brighter moons of Uranus with simpke equipment without too much skill.

Here is a link to my attempt a few years ago with my 10in Newt. A scope that size isn't required though.

 

Edited May 29, 2022 by Paul M