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Started by bschnitzer, 09/03/2007 02:35AM
Posted 09/03/2007 02:35AM Opening Post
I'm posting this not because it's such a fine image, but just because it was done with the same camera as the moon pano and I was able to home in on Pluto in minutes. This is a particular treat for anyone who has spent an hour squinting sideways at the eyepiece to identify which of the hundred mag 14 stars in the field of view is a planet. I'm not trying to sell DMK cameras here, but I have to say it was a fun evening.

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Bob Schnitzer
Grenville Base Observatory - Haymarket, VA
http://www.grenville-observatory.com
16" f18 Royce Conical Dall-Kirkham
10" f16 Parks/Coulter/Novak/Cave Classical Cassegrain
127mm Orion Starmax Mak-Cas
80mm f15 Meade refractor
40mm Tasco variable power tabletop refractor
DMK 31AF03.AS
DBK 21AF04.AS
Posted 09/10/2007 09:19PM #1
Is that Charon snug up against Pluto at ~5:00, or a background star? If it's Charon, I think it's the first amateur image of it I've seen.

Tim