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1 hour ago, callisto said:

Excellent... thanks for sharing 👍

 

Mark.

Thank you Mark 

My best result of CSS so far. Conditions were much better that previous time just a bit windy

It's brightness was mag -1.1 and altitude 63° max. I Raised the gain from 220 to 230 and panels look much better 

Dobsonian 8

Svbony Barlow 3x
Zwo Asi224mc
IR pass filter
Gain 230
Exposure 1000

Very beautiful work 🤩

11 hours ago, maw lod qan said:

Well done! 👍

Thank you 

10 hours ago, Johan L said:

Great capture 👍😃

Thank you 

3 hours ago, Dave Smith said:

Excellent  

Dave

Thank you Dave 

3 hours ago, Sunshine said:

That's pretty amazing, a first time seeing it, for me.

Thank you...for me it's the first time I see it so clear 

12 hours ago, Kon said:

Fantastic capture with the sun spots and ISS! A solar or lunar transit with ISS is high on my imaging wish-list but it always changes trajectory a day before.

Thank you Konstantinos...I hope you managed to capture one I'm sure your result will be amazing 

ISS solar transit ☀️🛰️

First try with DSLR canon 600d into my Dobsonian 8 and I'm really pleased with the result despite the fact that the weather and seeing wasn't the best possible
Photo is a result of 41 combined frames from the video you see 

Second photo is some settings from the transit 

Dobsonian 8" 
Canon 600d
Baader solar filter 
1/2500 iso 400

Ioannina Greece 19/2/2023 

38 minutes ago, Kon said:

Nice captures.

Thank you 

Finally we had good weather in my town Ioannina Greece and I took the opportunity to shoot these three planets

Venus was quite low in the sky but pretty impressive as it is 92% illuminated

Jupiter with great red spot is always a nice target even if it's not closer to us as it is in summer

Finally Mars getting farther and farther but some nice details still visible

Venus: gain 100 exposure 799us

Jupiter: gain 200 exposure 3500us

Mars: gain 200 exposure 3000us

Dobsonian 8" Svbony Barlow 3x 

Asi224mc UV IR cut filter 

Processing in PIPP Autostakkert Registax and Astrosurface 

First good try to capture Chinese space station Tiangong with my Dobsonian 8 and asi224mc

This target is pretty hard and also I have to play more with settings to find the best combination of gain and exposure to be able to see the solar panels of the station. First I tried to focus on Jupiter but seeing wasn't great so I turn my hopes to moon so I tried to focus there. 18:20 local time and with max altitude of 81° was a nice chance

Gain 220 exposure 1000us            Dobsonian 8                                      Asi224mc                                                        UV IR cut filter                                          Svbony Barlow 3x

Stack 6 frames in Autostakkert and processing in Astrosurface for brightness and sharpness

4 hours ago, PeterStudz said:

Hi, and thank you. I’ve been busy the last few days so only just had time to reply.  I haven’t got a PC/computer at home so stacking at the moment is out for me! The EQ platform is home made via the excellent instructions on here…

I’ve modified mine a little. Eg larger external battery & limiting microswitch, but it’s basically the same. There’s also a method of doing a rough polar alignment for increased accuracy. But once you have that I mark the position on the ground in my garden. Then all I have to do is place it there and make sure it’s  ice and level. 

Thank you again for information and thank you for your time ...hope in that year I'll manage to built one...it helps a lot in DeepSky Photography and also in visual observation 

One of the best out there...love the shodows on panels 

Amazing work Peter and very nice infos you share with us...I hope you can take more photos of the comet and stack them...can you give me more information about your platform...ok having the same DOB and want to buy one platform 

Looks so natural excellent work 

Finally good weather in my town Ioannina, Greece so I had a good opportunity to check my camera again 

Jupiter and Saturn are from afternoon around 18:30 I was lucky I had great Red Spot and Io's shadow 

Saturn looks more detailed than my previous one seeing maybe was Better

For Mars I had to wait until it was high in the sky so I went out around 00:00 until 02:00

For Jupiter: gain 220 expo 3.825ms

For Saturn: gain 220 expo 22ms

For Mars: gain 192 expo 2.577ms

Processing in PIPP Autostakkert Registax Astrosurface 

Dobsonian 8"                                          svbony Barlow 3x                                                zwoasi 224mc                                          UV/IR cut filter 

1 hour ago, Kon said:

Well done on the first images. Promising start. Once you get your filter the colour balance should get better.

I'm very excited... looking forward for next captures 

36 minutes ago, geoflewis said:

Nicely done

Thank you 

Second try with me new Zwo asi224mc that time on Saturn and Jupiter. 

No filter no tracker just a 3x Barlow, my camera and of course my Dobsonian 8" 

For Saturn: Gain 228 exposure 15ms.            For Jupiter: Gain 318 exposure 1,2ms

PIPP Autostakkert and some processing in wavelets in Registax

Any advice is welcome

Amazing work again... excellent Mars 

Thank you guys so much:)

19 minutes ago, Kon said:

Incredible image from a mobile! Nice capture and processing. Best I have seen on CSS apart from guys that track with mounts,  planetary camera and specialised software.

Thank you very much Konstantinos 

The smallest object I manage to photoshoot with my smartphone and my telescope as it's only 55m wide, speed 7.68km/s altitude around 425km

Dobsonian 8"
Baader Hyperion zoom 8-24(8mm)
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 pro
4k video 1/2500 iso640                                     stack 6 frames in Autostakkert

PIPP Autostakkert Astrosurface the programs I used 

35 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

Those are awesome! 

Thank you very much