Pluto

Pluto is very faint (14.5 mg), is located in Sagittarius where we can see it only in the muggy Summer, low over the horizon.

Images taken: October 5-6, 2010

Telescope: Meade 12 in at f/5.6.

Camera: SBIG ST-10 CCD

Exposures: 3 x 300 sec both nights, red-green-blue filters.

Image processing: CCDoops + Photoshop CS + Adobe ImageReady CS.

Images taken: October 2-3-4, 2005

Student: Scott Ferguson

Telescope: Meade 12 in at f/5.6 (f=67 in), with an AO7 adaptive optics accessory in the little dome of Kennon Observatory.

Camera: SBIG ST-7 CCD

Exposures: 2 x 300 sec on each night, no filter.

Image processing: CCDoops + Photoshop CS + Adobe ImageReady CS.