During last night's SPOC Open House we had the refractor pointed to Jupiter/Uranus. They were too far apart to see with the main scope at the same time but both fit nicely in the finder. Fun to see Jupiter and the four Galilean satellites at the top and tiny, blue Uranus below. patrick On 12 Sep 2010, at 15:51, Canopus56 wrote:
Between now and September 23, Jupiter and Uranus will be within a 1 deg eyepiece TFOV (ranging from 57 arcmin to 52 arcmin), and this conjunction will create an imaging opportunity. Because there is a large difference between their magnitudes, two images (or also because of their distance, two sets of overlapping mosaic images) will be needed, and the images will need to be exposure balanced and merged using image processing. Although Jupiter is above the horizon by 10pm and is at an usable imaging altitude by midnight, it transits after midnight.
Clear Skies, Kurt