This is my first attempt to photograph
            the planet Uranus, a very distant outer planet with a mere 3.6"
            disk size. The top image here does reveal its greenish color,
            and is at a size that the full moon would fill the entire frame.
            Visually the disk was obvious and yellow green in color.

            
The lower image
            was with a 3x barlow, and the seeing was not sharp enough to
            show a clean disk, but the green color once again is pretty obvious.
            So much for my first attempt. 500 to 1000 frames were registered
            and stacked in Registax to make these.



            
 12.5"
            f/5 Newtonian


            
Prime focus


 

            
 12.5"
            f/5 Newtonian


            
3x Klee
            Barlow


Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  Phillips Vestacam
Exposure:  1/15
Filters:  RGB 
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FMHW = 6 arcsec, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing:  Registax, Photoshop