Derby and District Astronomical Society
Uranus in 2024
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| This image of Uranus was captured by Peter Branson on December 19th 2024 and comprises the best 155, 10sec exposures taken with a ZWO ASI678MC colour camera attached to a Celestron C9.25 Schmitt-Cassegrain telescope, mounted on a SkyWatcher NEQ6 mount. The image produced in AutoStakkert was further processed and sharpened in PixInsight. The three moons to the left are Umbriel, Titania and Oberon (moving to the left) and the moon Ariel is just visible to the right. Image Credit: Peter Branson. |
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| Jim Sarsgard took the following image of Uranus (arrowed) near the Pleiades on the 19th December 2024. Jim used a 50mm lens with his Canon 1000D camera at F2.2. He took 50 x 5s exposures at ISO 800. These were calibrated with darks and flats in Sequator, and the brightness and contrast adjusted in FastStone. Image Credit: Jim Sarsgard. |
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