These images were captured using amateur telescopes from my backyard (most from Sacramento, but a couple from Florence, AZ where I recently moved). The telescopes used were an EdgeHD800, an AR127 (modified to work for the sun) and a Skywatcher 12" Newtonian. Each image represents my best effort in the past year in capturing that target.
Uranus and Neptune are VERY processed. Each planet is only a handful of pixels wide, so to display them like this I basically expanded them about 100x, then applied smoothing to the surfaces (that was all pixelated) and distortion corresponding with where the planet's pole was when I shot it. So a lot of artistic license was used, but as a representation it works. Uranus' rings were added digitally, as no amateur gear is capable of capturing them from Earth.
ajamesmccarthy on September 24th, 2021 at 17:37 UTC »
These images were captured using amateur telescopes from my backyard (most from Sacramento, but a couple from Florence, AZ where I recently moved). The telescopes used were an EdgeHD800, an AR127 (modified to work for the sun) and a Skywatcher 12" Newtonian. Each image represents my best effort in the past year in capturing that target.
Uranus and Neptune are VERY processed. Each planet is only a handful of pixels wide, so to display them like this I basically expanded them about 100x, then applied smoothing to the surfaces (that was all pixelated) and distortion corresponding with where the planet's pole was when I shot it. So a lot of artistic license was used, but as a representation it works. Uranus' rings were added digitally, as no amateur gear is capable of capturing them from Earth.
phobia-- on September 24th, 2021 at 18:06 UTC »
where’s earth
hypnoderp on September 24th, 2021 at 18:08 UTC »
This is the first time in all of this that I've actually felt bad for pluto.