While I was playing around with the moon, I had remembered that the ice giants were up this time of year. I didn’t have my planetary equipment installed, so I didn’t try for any detail on them. Instead, I took some long exposures on them to reveal their satellites. Neptune… Continue Reading... "The Ice Giants"
Uranus
The first new planet up this winter, I decided to try a simple wide-field shot of the unfortunately-named Uranus. The green color of it definitely came through! Although the planet itself got washed out a bit with the diffraction patterns of the two minute long exposures I took, I was… Continue Reading... "Uranus"