Uranus

My first image of Uranus. This planet is so far away that its disc is only a fraction of the diameter of the other major planets Jupiter and Saturn. This image was furthermore taken in prime focus without any extra magnificaton, so Uranus is only a handful of pixels across here. but at least it looks somewhat round, and it has the right color...!

Technical details

OPTICS10" Newtonian f/5.2
MOUNTLosmandy G11 equatorial
CAMERAPhilips ToUCam Pro SC1 webcam
FILTERSNone
EXPOSURE~2000 x 1/33th s
DATE/TIME18/07/2004 10:52 UTC
LOCATIONMy backyard observatory in west Auckland, New Zealand

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