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About this Image / Über dieses Bild

CCD: WebCam Philips ToU Cam pro
Image Type: Stacked video frames.
Exposure time: 1000 video frames stacked, averaged with GIOTTO. Maximal gain, 5 frames/sec.
Exposure date: September, 1st 2003, 21:00UT.
Location: Capella Observatory at Amani Lodge, Kupferberg near Windhoek, Namibia
Filter: wide band red filter
Instrument: Ganymed 60cm-Hypergraph in secondary focus, f=4800 mm
Seeing (FWHM): about 2"
Photographer: Stefan Binnewies, Dietmar Böcker
   
Remarks: The names of the five moons visible on this image incl. their brightness (from left to right): Oberon (13.9mag), Miranda (16.3mag),  Ariel(14.2mag), Umbriel(14.8mag) and  Titania(13.7mag). Miranda was only visible after stacking the video frames, but it is remarkable, that a 16.3mag "star" can be seen with a WebCam, isn't it?
   
Bemerkungen: Die Namen der fünf auf diesem Bild sichtbaren Monde inklusive ihrer Helligkeit (von links nach rechts): Oberon (13,9mag), Miranda (16,3mag),  Ariel(14,2mag), Umbriel(14,8mag) und  Titania(13,7mag). Miranda war erst nach dem Aufaddieren der Bilder zu erkennen, aber es ist bemerkenswert, dass ein 16,3mag heller "Stern" mit einer normalen WebCam sichtbar wird, oder?

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