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Triton's
Orbit

Using this series of images, observe Neptune and its moon, Triton.
Image 1: September 10th, 2002.  Click the image to see September 12th.
Neptune and Triton, September 10, 2002, 05:51 UT

You can shift and add or subtract the Neptune-Triton .fts images to conduct your own investigations.  Open HOU-IP software to do your analysis.  If you need the images, download them here.

The University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory
Rooftop Telescope - North
10 inch Meade LX200, f/10, 250 cm focal length
SBIG CCD ST9e, 20 micron pixels (0.0020 cm)
Pixel scale = 1.62 arcseconds/pixel
Clear filter; 10 second exposure

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