Uranus

Uranus does not normally display any significant surface features due to its small apparent size (4 arc seconds) and low contrast, In this image it displays a nice round blue-green disc but otherwise featureless.

Technical details

OPTICS10" Newtonian f/5.2, Meade 3x Barlow lens
MOUNTLosmandy G11 equatorial
CAMERAPhilips ToUCam Pro SC1 webcam
FILTERSLuminance: Meade OIII
Color: none
EXPOSURE720 x 1/25th s
DATE/TIME22/10/2005 11:35 UTC
LOCATIONMy backyard observatory in west Auckland, New Zealand

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