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Uranus 2016 12 26 - chasing the rings..., Almir Germano

Uranus 2016 12 26 - chasing the rings...

Uranus 2016 12 26 - chasing the rings..., Almir Germano

Uranus 2016 12 26 - chasing the rings...

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SCT 11", f/10, ASI224MC cooled, Astronomik 889 nm Methan Filter

Still on a chase for the rings.

No luck this time, bad transparency and marginal seeing, on a night between storms, under 26 deg Celsius at 22:00 h Local time...

The Rings node NASA simulation was rotated to align with the images, which are just as they left the imaging train, no WinJupos derotation here.

I estimate the max magnitude here as 14.5 or so. Umbriel, at 15.1 is a guess only. No sign of Miranda.

Notice the little black dot in the simulation? It is the periapse point of the Epsilon ring, and it is there to point the opposite side, the apoapse, where the rings are brigther, and, I suppose, the chance of detecting it would be higher. No evidence of this, though.

Waiting for a favorable night, to use some DSO approach on it.

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Uranus 2016 12 26 - chasing the rings..., Almir Germano