Logically, following the image of Neptune's big moon, Triton I wanted to see other faint moons. Conversely, the moons around the much closer and 7 times brighter planet Uranus are fainter. However the brighter ones number 4 or 5 and rather poetically they are all named after characters from Shakespeare plays. In this picture, comprising of thirteen 3.2 second exposures, I just managed to get three. Fifteenth magnitude Umbriel is hiding just south of the planet's glare; below it are Oberon and Titania at 14.2 and 14.0 magnitude respectively. Also, rather confusingly is a faint star. This is a preliminary picture, which I hope to improve on as it is somewhat trailed and inexactly focused.
Monday 13 October 2008
Shakespeare's characters reveal themselves
Logically, following the image of Neptune's big moon, Triton I wanted to see other faint moons. Conversely, the moons around the much closer and 7 times brighter planet Uranus are fainter. However the brighter ones number 4 or 5 and rather poetically they are all named after characters from Shakespeare plays. In this picture, comprising of thirteen 3.2 second exposures, I just managed to get three. Fifteenth magnitude Umbriel is hiding just south of the planet's glare; below it are Oberon and Titania at 14.2 and 14.0 magnitude respectively. Also, rather confusingly is a faint star. This is a preliminary picture, which I hope to improve on as it is somewhat trailed and inexactly focused.
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