Uranus 3 Aug 99

This image was taken at prime focus of my 8" f10 LX 200.  Miranda was at magnitude 16+ and is just faintly visible on the original CCD image.  . The brightest moon was Titania at magnitude 13.9.   Ariel, Oberon, and Umbriel were between magnitude 14.1 and 14.9.  The dimmest star shown in the image is about magnitude 15.5.    The image is a composite of the two original images.  The two sec exposure was processed to best show the planet and the 120 sec exposure processed to show the moons.  The images were combined in Photoshop.   Click here to go back.