Nov 212019
While using another combination of settings to try and get my deep-space camera to last a little longer, I used Uranus as a test target last night (20 Nov) . This is the one test exposure that turned out OK. It is a 2 second exposure; any longer and the image would have bloomed terribly.
Uranus [CV:1x2s]
If we zoom in quite a bit we can see some of the larger moons of the ice giant. The majority of the 27 known moons are much closer to the planet and lost in the glare. The photo-bomber intruding in this family photo is very distant background star UCAC 511-003203.
Uranus (detail) [CV:1x2s]
If you think you recognize some of the moon’s names, you do. The IAU naming convention is to use names of characters from the works of William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope.