Last night, under the bright light of a full moon, I somehow managed to capture a picture of Neptune and its moon, Triton!

Initially, I only aimed to capture Neptune. However, after a few frames, I was pleasantly surprised to see a small white dot beside it!

I wasn't aware that with such a small telescope as the Seestar, I could capture the moon of a planet so far away—Neptune, actually the most distant planet in our solar system!!☀️ (*Because Pluto was nerfed..xD)

About Neptune

🔵 Neptune: The Distant Blue Jewel of Our Solar Family

Way out past Saturn and Uranus, in the far reaches of our solar system, there's a world that looks like it was painted from a dream: Neptune. With its deep sapphire-blue color and soft, swirling clouds, Neptune feels like the quiet, mysterious cousin in our planetary family.

It's the eighth and most distant planet from the Sun, orbiting so far away that a single year there lasts 165 Earth years. Imagine—if you were born on Neptune, you wouldn't even celebrate your first birthday! The planet's rich blue hue comes from methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red light and reflects that brilliant color back to us.

Neptune may look calm from afar, but it's actually home to the fastest winds in the solar system, racing at over 1,200 miles per hour🌪️. These mighty winds whip up huge storms, including the famous Great Dark Spot—Neptune's version of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, but moodier and more fleeting.

Despite being cold🧊, windy💨, and impossibly far away, Neptune is a reminder that beauty thrives in unexpected places. It's a quiet guardian on the edge of our solar neighborhood, keeping its secrets while dazzling us with that unforgettable shade of blue.

The Image

Here's the photo of Neptune:

You can't see much, can you?

Let me zoom in a little for you:

Here you can see a tiny little dot near a slightly larger one.

The larger one is Neptune, and the smaller one is its moon: Triton. They appear so close that it almost looks like they're touching! But here's the interesting fact: The real distance between them is 354,800 kilometers!!🫨
This "touching" effect is due to the low resolution and small aperture of the Seestar telescope. That's why I hope the ASI company will create something like the Seestar S80, allowing us to observe even greater distances with clarity.

You can find the full-resolution version of this image here⭐

And also this article in little bit better version at my blog

Neptune and Triton with Seestar🔵