PNJ

Hi Peter,

you done well to capture this, i was too tired and went to bed.  The tail is longer than i thought !!

wow lovely, i also love the colours very well done

well done peter,

I was sadly clouded out.

Hi

I did not do any guiding,  the subs were 2 minutes.  using a Ioptron CEM 40 mount.

used pixinsight comet align routine and photoshop CC, for processing.

Hi all

managed to capture comet atlas last night, it was brighter than expected. 

William Optics Zenithstar 103.  Fuji XT3.  10 x 2 minutes at ISO 1600

Used Photoshop CC. to process.   I gonna try Pixinsight Comet align later

thank you for your kind comments 

Hello

I took this image at Calvert trust, Kielder this last weekend.  Skies were a bit hazy , but glad to see some stars after weather forecast said cloud cover.

The Rosette nebula using a Zenithstar 103, and Fuji XT3 mirrorless camera.   fitted with a L Enhance duel narrowband filter.  18 x 2 minutes iso 800

waiting for William options  field flattener to come into stock

Comet T2 Panstars heading towards the Double Cluster.

Fuji XT3 and William optics 60mm. 12 x 2 minutes, ISO 800

lovely shot, what was your exposure lengths 

well done Peter, 2nd image is my favourite .  

lovely image, I just bought this filter. when I split the channels, obviously Ha is the red.  But my green and blue looked the same. Do you know which channel is the Oiii , the green or blue.

Thank you

Paul

I received my new ioptron cem 40 mount yesterday from First light Optics.  Excellent service and advice from them, thank you guys

I was lucky to try it out last night , first the ipolar, it worked a treat was polar aligned in less than 5 minutes, and it was a quick alignment as I did not get the crosshair in the middle of the circle. however I was 3.7 arc minutes within the pole.  the clouds started to roll in a little, so I fired up PHD2 and tried guiding, the rms values were 0.07 RA and 0.28 DEC.   im sure I can improve on that especially if I use guise assistant and get a better polar alignment. 

first impressions are very good, . more to come later when I have had more chance under the stars.

What can i say thats already been said !  just amazing , and the work put into this is not easy, so my hat of to you guys for producing this work of art

Paul J

Hi

read your post on cloudy nights,  well i got a 70-200mm lens set at 200mm i got easy 4 minutes unguided, with a makeshift counter weight bar

My guiding trace was very good,  I got 15 minute sub frames at 200mm fl , guiding using a lodestar with maxim dl

See my thread on this group.   My friend  Peter Vasey also did some tests see his thread too

have fun with the mount

paul j

masterclass   at its best, 

paul j

Im am totally devastated by the news, he was my inspiration when i was only 6 or 7 years old, i read his books from cover to cover, Its because of Patrick that im still enjoying my hobby today.

he will be sadly missed, and as someone else has said, We have a new star in the Sky

Paul j