Jim Burnell's CCD Images - 2003 UB313 - Eris - "Planet 10"
 
These are images of Eris or "Planet 10" a.k.a. 2003 UB313. They were acquired from my home observatory on September 25th and 28th and October 1st 2005 using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian reflector, equipped with a Paracorr. Note that this object is exceedingly faint, at about 19th magnitude. It is smaller than Earth's Moon, and is 97 A.U. (about 9 billion miles) away. It takes 557 years to complete one orbit around the Sun. The images taken on 2005-09-28 and 2005-10-01 each represent an hour of total exposure time, consisting of 8 eight-minute exposures stacked to increase the signal-to-noise ratio. All processing was performed using AIP4Win V2. Clicking on some of the images will display a larger view.
2003 UB313 on 2005-09-25
2003 UB313 a.k.a Eris, acquired on 2005-09-25. This image is a stack of 5 eight minute exposures using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian reflector, equipped with a Paracorr. The CCD camera was binned 2x2 in an effort to increase its sensitivity. The image was taken as the 3rd quarter moon was rising, just before the clouds rolled in.
2003 UB313 on 2005-09-28
2003 UB313 a.k.a Eris, acquired on 2005-09-28. This image of 2003 UB313 is a stack of 8 eight minute exposures using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian reflector, equipped with a Paracorr. This image has been resampled down from its full size of 1396x1040.
2003 UB313 on 2005-10-01
2003 UB313 a.k.a Eris, acquired on 2005-10-01. This image of 2003 UB313 is a stack of 8 eight minute exposures using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian reflector, equipped with a Paracorr. This image has been resampled down from its full size of 1396x1040.