Johan L

Maybe the last Venus for a while. This time I tried with violet filter. I think I got some faint clouds showing there in the dark region? I will probably invest in a UV-filter later, but I thought it was worth a try with the violet filter.

100 APO, ASI1600MM, violet filter

Clear skies!

/Johan 

Fantastic image!

1 hour ago, Craney said:

This is of great interest to me as I have a new ITF on it's way from the States as I write.

My old one was apparently passed it's best....

and  'may' (??)   be responsible for some strange aberrations.

Do you have any pictures taken with your 'old' ITF  to make a comparison ??

Cheers,

Sean

This is with the old ITF:

Not a huge improvment but the seeing today was very bad so under the same conditions the difference will be bigger. My old ITF was very rusty.

Tried out the PST today with the new ITF filter installed. Its an improvment I think compared to the old ITF.

/Johan

That is a fantastic image! Excellent detail

Very nice images. I really like the Cak images with the bright faculae visible so clearly. Might have to get my self a Cak module  

Pretty horrible seeing today, but thats no excuse to not give it a try  You know the seeing is bad when you at first think there is someting wrong with your scope 🤣 I got some short moments of better conditions so I tried to gather as much data I could. Nice to see some activity again.

Ha with PST , WL with 100apo. ASI1600MM.

/Johan

Really nice image

Very nice images. Great with some activity again. Cak imaging looks really interesting.  I have been tempted to buy a Cak Wedge my self. Is Cak imaging much more sensitive to seeing conditions compared to "white light" and Ha? (My seeing conditions are often pretty bad)

Johan

Lovely spring weather with a clear blue sky. I have a PST with the ITF-filter problem. Visually it doesnt show any detail at al, but the camera can pick up of some of the detail. A new filter is on its way. 

White light with 100m APO and ASI 1600MM.

//Johan

Great images. What equipment are you using?

Fantastic images 

Here is another version with a bit more sharpness and adjustment of gamma. I thought the detail became a bit more clear(if it really is detalis in the cloudbands that is 😁)

/Johan

Venus with IR 807 filter and C9,25. A real challange to focus. Any tips or tricks?

Not sure if there in fact is some subtle detail in the clouds near the terminator or if its just artifacts from the stack?

/Johan

Blank solar disc again. Although I found some small pores on a close up image. Could this be a new AR developing? It was the only interesting thing I could find

80ED + ASI 1600MM

/Johan

Lovely image

I have the same problem with my PST that I bought second hand and Im going to change the ITF.  Seems like all of these scopes get this isue in time?

Tried the new ASI 1600MM today with 80ED + herschel prism in white light.

H-alpha image with PST scope and ASI 1600MM. I picked up a second hand PST for a really good price, but It has the classic isue with the ITF filter rust. Im gonna replace the ITF but was surprised with the image it produced even with a bad ITF-filter.

Really happy with the ASI 1600MM so far. The White light res is 3700x3700 but not sure it will be displayed at its full res.

//Johan

59 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

Nice image, is that an H-alpha image or white light? you know the sun is bland when its hard to tell.

Thank you  Its white light. Yes its not much going on there at the moment. Makes focusing pretty interesting

First Sun of the year for me. Not much to show, 33 blank days in a row now.

80ED + Skyris 274M

//Johan

Venus shortly after sunset. Venus is a really difficult object I my opinion. The lack of detail makes focusing a real challange. Havent got a UV-filter yet but may buy one. Image taken with a 5x barlow which gave F50. 

C9.25, DFK21AU618, 5x barlow, red filter.

/Johan

//Johan

Thanks for the comments

Just a quick image of the friday nights moon interacting with clouds.

//Johan

This was a really beautiful and rare sunset with the Sun and sky turning red.

70ED + Canon Eos 1100D

//Johan L