Hi Dave, Your thread about Pluto prompted me to shoot a few images of Pluto tonight. Here are two shot's taken 1 hour apart. Pluto does move between the the two shots but not very much. I did not mark Pluto's position in case some folks want to try to find it by using Chucks "cross eyed" method (that method worked for me but then I knew where to look). http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto01.jpg But I've also posted an annotated image: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/pluto02.jpg All images are shot with the C-14 operating at f/5.5 and ST-10 binned 2x2 and chilled to -10. Clear filter. 15 second exposure. patrick On 12 Jul 2010, at 11:33, Dunn, David wrote:
Did anyone else take a look a Pluto last week? Sky and Tel had an article about it crossing in front of a dark nebula last week. I was up at Monte Cristo so I took a look at it through several telescopes. On Wednesday night I saw it through both my 16" at 156X and through Ron Vanderhule's 25". In my 16" it was barely there. It was not far from a 14.5 mag star. Using averted vision I was barely able to see them. Through Ron's 25" they were bright and easy to see. Pluto was slightly brighter than the star. I thought it was neat to see Pluto without needing to take or draw a picture and then look again a day later. I also took at look at it on Thursday night through OAS's BOB (18.5"). Pluto had moved to where the star was.
Dave