Contains:  Solar system body or event
Neptune 2019-10-03, Niall MacNeill

Neptune 2019-10-03

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Here is the final derotated and integrated image of Neptune from 4 x 30 minutes runs with the IR 642nm BP filter. I verified through an animation that the surface features shown are real as the rotate with the planet.

The south pole is lighter in colour and 2 bands of white coloured cloud arch up towards the equator. Equally there as some darker colour spots in the southern hemisphere of the planet towards the equator. The orientation of the planet is such that less of the Northern Hemisphere is visible to us.

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Neptune 2019-10-03, Niall MacNeill