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Pages: 1 morceli sage Reged: 08/22/10 Loc: Pacific NW Uranus and Neptune moon trackers       #5393744 - 08/29/12 06:05 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Does anyone have recommendations for good Uranus and Neptune moon trackers / locations? I would love to see Triton and 1-2 of Uranus' brighter moons. I know stellarium has the Uranus moons listed, but wanted to confirm if others have found the locations to be accurate. And for some reason Triton isn't in stellarium. So, I would like to know when it is even visible for seeing and not hidden behind the planet. I also wouldn't want to mistake a faint star for Triton either. Anyone have any tools or suggestions? Post Extras:       brianb11213 Postmaster Reged: 02/25/09 Loc: 55.215N 6.554W Re: Uranus and Neptune moon trackers [Re: morceli]       #5393766 - 08/29/12 06:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   WinJUPOS Post Extras:       azure1961p Postmaster Reged: 01/17/09 Loc: USA Re: Uranus and Neptune moon trackers [Re: brianb11213]       #5393906 - 08/29/12 08:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   With a 10" scope shouldn't be difficult from 6v sky's . Anything over 250x is helpful here so even without prior knowledge of location it's not too tricky. Just pencil mark the PA and reference it later. For me that's all it takes. Brian mentions a good program. Pete Post Extras:       John Boudreau professor emeritus Reged: 04/06/08 Loc: Saugus, MA Re: Uranus and Neptune moon trackers [Re: morceli]       #5394336 - 08/30/12 03:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   WinJupos is a great program for many things including the moons of Uranus, but for some reason does not have moon support for Neptune. Try Sky and Tel's Triton tracker: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/javascript/triton_tracker/index.html Post Extras:       stanislas-jean Pooh-Bah Reged: 10/22/08 Re: Uranus and Neptune moon trackers [Re: morceli]       #5394372 - 08/30/12 05:35 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Coelix also. Stanislas-Jean Post Extras:       edosaurusrex sage Reged: 01/30/07 Loc: Ft Worth, TX Re: Uranus and Neptune moon trackers [Re: stanislas-jean]       #5397537 - 09/01/12 12:48 AM Attachment (50 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This covers the few days around opposition Post Extras:       SabiaJD professor emeritus Reged: 02/20/05 Loc: Clarks Summit, PA Re: Uranus and Neptune moon trackers [Re: edosaurusrex]       #5400705 - 09/03/12 08:33 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Project Pluto software Guide Version 8, now Guide V9 available, displays the moons of the planets, and Dwarf Planet Pluto. Very useful software for the low cost. Post Extras:       morceli sage Reged: 08/22/10 Loc: Pacific NW Re: Uranus and Neptune moon trackers [Re: edosaurusrex]       #5406840 - 09/06/12 04:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: This covers the few days around opposition I remember your posts with these from a year ago but was having trouble finding them. This is great! I went to the PDS rings site and set one up for Triton as well. If anyone is looking for a link to the site, here it is: http://pds-rings.seti.org/tools/ Post Extras:       edosaurusrex sage Reged: 01/30/07 Loc: Ft Worth, TX Re: Uranus and Neptune moon trackers [Re: morceli]       #5407582 - 09/07/12 12:28 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Sorry for not posting the link in my previous post. The date input can be a little tricky (format-wise) but other than that it's a nice little tool for the planet moon corkscrew graphs. Here are my numerical predictions for the elongations around opposition. ELONGATIONS OF THE URANIAN MOONS 2012 DATES AND TIMES IN UT SEP 12 UMBRIEL 0443 E ARIEL 1423 E SEP 13 ARIEL 2038 W SEP 14 UMBRIEL 0628 W TITANIA 1518 E SEP 15 ARIEL 0253 E SEP 16 UMBRIEL 0813 E ARIEL 0908 W OBERON 1053 E SEP 17 ARIEL 1523 E SEP 18 UMBRIEL 0953 W ARIEL 2138 W TITANIA 2333 W SEP 20 ARIEL 0353 E UMBRIEL 1138 E SEP 21 ARIEL 1008 W SEP 22 UMBRIEL 1323 W ARIEL 1618 E SEP 23 OBERON 0428 W TITANIA 0818 E ARIEL 2233 W SEP 24 UMBRIEL 1508 E SEP 25 ARIEL 0448 E SEP 26 ARIEL 1103 W UMBRIEL 1648 W SEP 27 TITANIA 1633 W ARIEL 1718 E SEP 28 UMBRIEL 1833 E ARIEL 2333 W SEP 29 OBERON 2208 E SEP 30 ARIEL 0548 E UMBRIEL 2018 W OCT 01 ARIEL 1203 W OCT 02 TITANIA 0113 E ARIEL 1818 E UMBRIEL 2203 E OCT 04 ARIEL 0033 W UMBRIEL 2348 W OCT 05 ARIEL 0648 E OCT 06 TITANIA 0933 W ARIEL 1303 W OBERON 1543 W OCT 07 UMBRIEL 0133 E ARIEL 1918 E OCT 09 ARIEL 0133 W UMBRIEL 0313 W OCT OCT 2012 ARIEL 0748 E TITANIA 1813 E OCT 11 UMBRIEL 0458 E ARIEL 1403 W Clear skies and good luck with these babies! Ed Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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