Here you'll see the positions of Pluto marked with small lines. The animation will change the current position's line blue and then rotate back through.
I used...
Optics: Meade LXD55 6" Schmidt Newtonian OTA
Mount: CGE mount on JMI Wheely Bars
Camera: Canon XTi with Hutech LP Filter (LPS-P2-FF)
Focusing Aid: STI focuser
Shutter control: Hap Griffin long exposure cable
Software: MaximDL
Guiding: DMK21AF04 with a piggybacked 4" SkyWatcher via PHD and ASCOM drivers
Operating System: WinXP Lenovo T61
Pre-Processing: Iris per automated Jim Solomon's Cookbook
Post-Processing: Gimp
Animation made with Gimp.
I also found it interesting that Pluto at magnitude 14 is pretty bright (other stars are 15-16 or fainter). Pluto is over 4.7 Billion Kilometers away or nearly 3 Billion Miles.
I wish I could find a way to balance the background across the varying nights conditions. The last night I fought the tree tops!
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(02:33:19 PM) Michael Phillips: same to you! please don't dis on pluto no more! k?
ReplyDelete(02:33:20 PM) Chad Abel: so... pluto sucks?
(02:33:27 PM) Chad Abel: haha
(02:33:34 PM) Michael Phillips: nope, still there, still bigger than most asteriods!
(02:33:38 PM) Michael Phillips: has 3 moons
(02:33:59 PM) Chad Abel: so a chunk of ice with a few more chunks of ice revolving around it...
(02:34:02 PM) Chad Abel: lame
(02:34:08 PM) Michael Phillips: word
(02:34:09 PM) Michael Phillips: haha
(02:34:30 PM) Chad Abel: at the very best... still in the low rent district of this solar system
(02:34:41 PM) Michael Phillips: haha! can i quote you on that one???
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(02:35:10 PM) Chad Abel: sure... none of my stuff is copy writtten?
(02:35:13 PM) Chad Abel: writed
(02:35:16 PM) Chad Abel: wrote