My telescope is computerized. There is no mystery with the technology available today. Yet with the technology there is some inacurracy during the calibration process. With a camera having a big enough chip size you can capture it.
Yes pluto can be imaged with an 8" scope but it cannot be seen visually with one. Remember pluto is at the 14th magnitude right? If I am correct this is around the limiting magnitude for an 8" system. In fact the same images were verified by another amateur who photographed it in texas at nearly the same time frame. This video is now several years old.
The trick with this type of capture is to calibrate the instrument through the camera, not through a lens.
The scope was positioned on the rooftop of a hospital and was in fact left there for several days. It was never moved. You are forgetting that a 6MP camera was used to snap the images....so the hardest part was trying to find the movement against the background stars - took many hours. The movement captured here of the planet covers only a very small portion of the whole image frame. The instrument was calibrated to find pluto. Additionally the stars can be confirmed using planetarium software.
you would not see the planet with an 8" scope. It is only possible with a long term exposure shot of perhaps 15". It needs to be photographes for a period of three days to be verified as pluto.
Even though theres not a lot to be seen i have to say that is a really good attempt because its pluto, i didnt think it would be possible to see it at all :S
Very cool, how did you get the exact same frame of stars every night? Or are these just the same sections of bigger photos that weren't necessarily exactly the same?
It is actually a series of shots taken at different days then combined to product an animated image. Pluto with the magnification used in this video would not be seen moving against the stars if done in real time. You need a good span of several days to make it obvious.
The tough thing is that it was sooo small......hours were spent looking at the images trying to find movement.
@yu244720 How did you do it to find the same exact spot where you took the first picture? I don't think you left the telescope in the same exact position until the next night, Right? Also, I think it's complicated to search for Pluto, but my question is, how do you know if it's not an asteroid, if asteroids are discovered the same way as seen in this video, and look literally the same as in this video? (I'm not being skeptical, I know your video is real, I'm just curious)
Wow! It just shows how faint it is!
Superdavo0001 2 weeks ago
Hi Superdave - well the object is at the 14th magnitude, therefore requires exposure shots around 1-2 seconds at the very least at ISO 800
yu244720 2 weeks ago
did u use 40mm lens
Mongoose561001 2 weeks ago
No Mongoose. The camera was in prime focus with the instrument.
yu244720 2 weeks ago
My telescope is computerized. There is no mystery with the technology available today. Yet with the technology there is some inacurracy during the calibration process. With a camera having a big enough chip size you can capture it.
yu244720 2 months ago
Amazing how were you able to fing pluto?!
mekhistar123 2 months ago
Yes pluto can be imaged with an 8" scope but it cannot be seen visually with one. Remember pluto is at the 14th magnitude right? If I am correct this is around the limiting magnitude for an 8" system. In fact the same images were verified by another amateur who photographed it in texas at nearly the same time frame. This video is now several years old.
The trick with this type of capture is to calibrate the instrument through the camera, not through a lens.
yu244720 3 months ago
The scope was positioned on the rooftop of a hospital and was in fact left there for several days. It was never moved. You are forgetting that a 6MP camera was used to snap the images....so the hardest part was trying to find the movement against the background stars - took many hours. The movement captured here of the planet covers only a very small portion of the whole image frame. The instrument was calibrated to find pluto. Additionally the stars can be confirmed using planetarium software.
yu244720 3 months ago
you would not see the planet with an 8" scope. It is only possible with a long term exposure shot of perhaps 15". It needs to be photographes for a period of three days to be verified as pluto.
yu244720 3 months ago
Cant possibly see pluto .
flashjacksonbrowable 3 months ago
@flashjacksonbrowable - of course you can't with an 8" instrument. It can be photographed though.
yu244720 2 weeks ago
Even though theres not a lot to be seen i have to say that is a really good attempt because its pluto, i didnt think it would be possible to see it at all :S
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Extremely good work my friend
horrorsquid 1 year ago
extremely good work my friend.
horrorsquid 1 year ago
dont like
cristina23cn 1 year ago
@cristina23cn DONT WATCH!
By the way i know how hard tracking pluto is, so fascinating to watch! thanks for sharing.
123alfaman 1 year ago
Good job...lots of hard work and searching paid off.
mykylc 1 year ago
Nice job!
mykylc 2 years ago
Very cool, how did you get the exact same frame of stars every night? Or are these just the same sections of bigger photos that weren't necessarily exactly the same?
stratwarrior 2 years ago
WOW!
GREAT JOB!
Chrisjr2007 3 years ago
It is actually a series of shots taken at different days then combined to product an animated image. Pluto with the magnification used in this video would not be seen moving against the stars if done in real time. You need a good span of several days to make it obvious.
The tough thing is that it was sooo small......hours were spent looking at the images trying to find movement.
Thanks for looking!
yu244720 3 years ago
@yu244720 How did you do it to find the same exact spot where you took the first picture? I don't think you left the telescope in the same exact position until the next night, Right? Also, I think it's complicated to search for Pluto, but my question is, how do you know if it's not an asteroid, if asteroids are discovered the same way as seen in this video, and look literally the same as in this video? (I'm not being skeptical, I know your video is real, I'm just curious)
astrophysics03 3 months ago
This was the same process that was used to discover that Pluto was a planet. Is this a video of you using a telescope? Cause if it is, nice job!
sedativechunk 3 years ago
does that mean that pluto is shrinking
Machete170 3 years ago
@Machete170 no its so far away that it looks small
shillitto33 1 year ago
Cool idea, its nice to see that faint blob move across the fixed background of stars.
jpetrucci05 3 years ago
Thanks for the compliments. They are appreciated.
yu244720 3 years ago
Nice
blobrana 3 years ago