Steve Ward

Early seeing was lovely today , sadly I had no time to faff about with close-ups ...  😒

Decent seeing first thing , but the wind was still gusting well and the Evostar 150's a big old lump , so close-ups were fun to catch ... 😆

Ropey conditions out there , but a gap's a gap so happy to have seen him again ... 

29 minutes ago, StarDuke82 said:

True but it’s kind of hard when you’re using a Device to control your telescope and setup, and then process images if you do photography.  I keep mine on low brightness most of the time and set all my indoor lights on timers to go red at night it’s one of the safest and least harsh colors on your eyes and preserve your night adapted eyesight if you have to go inside for anything.

You weren't talking about photography , you were complaining about your eyesight whilst at the eyepiece.

Your best bet woud be to visit a healthcare professional regarding your eyes instead of speculating on an astronomy forum on something that would appear to be a medical issue.

The simple answer is ... when participating in astronomical observation leave your electronic "devices" , be they laptops , tablets or the ubiquitous 'smartphone' indoors well away from the observation point , i.e. the telescope.

And try not staring at the phone all day long if you're worried about it affecting your eyes .... !

1 hour ago, GreatAttractor said:

AR 3363 from 2023-07-11 in good seeing. Telescope: Sky-Watcher 250PDS (250 mm f/4.8 Newtonian) with Baader ND 5 solar film, Baader planetary green + UV/IR-cut filters. Camera: FLIR Blackfly S (IMX 273). 3390 frames (7% stacked), exposure 3 ms, gain 13.2 dB. Stacked in AS!3, processed in ImPPG.

Love the way the lightbridge tendrils are reaching out like two tiny pairs of arms ... 

Clouds weren't co-operating today so no close-up view just the full discs ... 😒

32 minutes ago, michael8554 said:

"I was trying to observe Venus through my telescope"

"Although, when I observe the moon it is bright and clear"

That suggest to me that if you didn't alter the focus after seeing a focused image of the moon.

And  looking through the eyepiece you saw a focused image of Venus.

Then did you alter the focus when you tried to take the image of Venus ?

If not then I can only guess you didn't have the phone positioned correctly.

Michael

Just switching from the Moon to Venus wouldn't throw the focus out by that much ... 😉

Perfect timing sir ... ☺️

I'd guess that there's a spacer/extension missing from the set-up somewhere , or one fitted that's not needed , for the image to be that far from focus .

2 minutes ago, Altocumulus said:

Absolutely stunning. 

Sadly cloud obscures our view.

Thanks Geoff , hope you get to catch it before it slips from view.

Poor seeing again but at least I saw it today .

Disc .... Evostar 150 + EOS 6D + 2.2x Barlow + ND5.0 + Oiii.

Close-up .... Evostar 150 + Altair 174MM Hypercam + 2x Barlow + ND5.0 + Baader Continuum + UV/IR Cut. (Scaled 130%)

Very hasty session in poor seeing ...  

That's a proper 'Sun'day mate ... 

4 minutes ago, Stu said:

@Steve Ward just for my understanding, am I right in thinking this is out together using data off Helioviewer, not from your own data? I doubt the clouds would cooperate enough to allow you to do it but wouldn’t it be nice if they did!!

The clue is stamped on the video Stu ... the data is from the SDO/HMI Continuum stream , all the SDO wavelengths are available to download and play with.

I'd do well to capture 24 hours a day even if the weather co-operated ... 😆

4 minutes ago, Stu said:

Nice ones Steve. Looks like the seeing wasn’t as good today?.

On the contrary Stu , it was lovely and stady up there .

I just spent too long harvesting full disc frames and the clouds returned just as I got the 174 plugged in so the close-up was just 60 rough frames , there was nigh on as much detail in the full disc from the 2000D ... 😆

Another early grab in the sliver of clear sky between the rain ... 😉

My capture of this week's star of the show taken on the 8th July.

Evostar 150 + Altair 174mm.

Another lovely session , little quicker today as there was only a brief sliver of blue.

Thanks Pete , it's a monster sure enough ... 😙

Well that was a proper session on a glorious summer day ... 

And a montage of close-ups , I think I got everything ... 😉

More playing camera-wise , chucked the 90D on today , the biggun was a little further round than NASA/SDO showed ... 

Dreadful seeing so not a great test , but better than yesterday's offering at least ... 😉

One frame more than I should have got to be honest , but it was nice to say goodbye to the monster AR before it slips from view ... 😏