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  1. slightly concerned about my trip now given the latest eruptions. I would welcome the opportunity to witness ( at a very safe distance) volcanic activity as seen on tv, just a tad worried regards travelling via air being affected like back a few years since when ash grounded flights to iceland.
  2. It would mean clear skies from now til possibly 2026 (although it is likely to be sooner if what I read is correct) and you being glued to the eyepiece at every waking (and dark) minute. So nice thought but highly unlikely. I do share your enthusiasm for this event though, will be very interesting.
  3. given one option it would be my dob. It is superb on nebula. and galaxy work, best galaxy was 420mly away. Stopped down ( not that I have one) it could be made a nice F15 star spotting bit of kit and it has already been successfully used to get the HH and a couple of billion LY plus blazars, so utilised properly it cover all my bases.
  4. Thanks for the heads up, I shall look at the map and see which of the days these are best likely to be viewable on and add to my viewing list, I already have 5 waterfalls on my list on things to do, don't think the one you listed is on it (yet) many thanks steve
  5. Ah well when I was checking my data I did get some links coming up to shall we say, less reliable or sources who are likely to be more of a cut and paste approach to researching, so I was pleased when I found the S&T details and being a more reliable source of data.
  6. All booked everyone, I am having 11 days so praying for the sunspot gods to be active during those days. It was a little more expensive than I thought it was going to be but it is unlikely I will be going again. It is something of a pilgrimage for want of a better word. My late wife and I had planned a visit there but her doctors advised against it so we never went through with it. SO I will be doing this with her photo close to my heart and a hope that she visits me in the form of an aurora. Steve
  7. Sorry if this has already been posted up else where, I haven't seen it but then my visits have been less frequent than they used to be. Is T CrB About to Blow its Top? - Sky & Telescope - Sky & Telescope (skyandtelescope.org) A decent source for this so thought it worth reporting on. Very easy to find in just a degree below epsilon Crb in Corona Borealis but type in T Crb into stellarium will highlight where it is, also available under same search in Sky Safari 7. A quick overview is this went Nova almost 80 years since, previously it went nova in the late 1800's and has recently brightened nearly a full magnitude plus has started shining with a more bluish tinge indicating it is heating up, so if you get a clear sky worth a quick shufty. Once it blows it will shine at c+2 magnitude for around a week before fading rapidly. Unless it has gained the magic 1.4 solar masses in which case it will be far more dramatic. Whichever it will make a dazzling object to observe and will be a fantastic spectroscopy imaging object. Steve
  8. Hello all. I am sure this question has been asked before but I am sure people won't mind imparting their views again so here goes! I am planning visiting Iceland later this year, beginning of 2025 depending upon what views and/or opinions are on here. The trip will be an 11 day self drive tour of the Icelandic circle and as you might expect I am hoping to see aurora as well as some of the beauty of this volcanic island. I am thinking either October 24 or March 25 will offer the best opportunity of reasonable weather for sight seeing and with skies still dark enough to see aurora. Any advice gratefully received. Steve
  9. very impressive image, I envy the skies you must have to image such tight data, I grow tired of my garden results and yearn for such as you display here. Loving the intereacting galaxies too, these cosmic dances impress me on a number of levels, well done!
  10. I added in stellarium already, used that to track it across my image, just not enough stars to figure with which to make a decent comparison to my image. The other problem I have is the observatory haven't provided exact time the image was taken so I needed to run a detailed comparison with a starmap and the DSS2 map on this Aladin Lite (unistra.fr) provided it. Hard work but worth the effort.
  11. finally found it amongst the other stars, thanks for the link, that really helped. I plotted a line of the asteroids course over 3 nights and then used this to compare to the maps in the link you provided. cheers steve
  12. Yes I have just checked and can confirm I did indeed clip it. Having reviewed what I did I figured it out. I tweaked the black levels in exposure to darken the background and this is where the clipping took place. I have quickly redone the image from the base stack but this time I ran graXpert before any gimp tweaking and it allowed me to retain all the data without clipping. I do think some data from a dark site would help an awful lot though. See below
  13. I have been guilty of black clipping myself in the past but not so now. I watched a nebula processing tutorial online which basically mirrored what your saying @ollypenrice However having just checked the image above, it seems Gimp histogram shows it is black clipped but I am sure it wasn't when I processed it. I shall have another look at the master image and see if I can get something back out of it, strange. steve
  14. Yes the whole image did look nice I agree, however mine is what it is with my scope I am afraid. Someone on here tested the enhance, the extreme and my askar db filter on the same dso, same exposures etc. In the test the extreme had the tightest stars and best detail, followed by the askar (there wasn't much difference between these first two, but the price tag and askar being available 1.25 made the decision for me) then the enhance. I also seem to remember the enhance gave to halo's around sone brighter stars EDIT: apparently the extreme is available in 1.25 now but I am not planning changing, results speak for themself.
  15. Don't tale this the wrong way peter but the stars are much tighter in my image. The L-enhance was the goto when first brought out but personally I think the latest range of filters, including my askar and the L-extreme have taken over in tersm of tight and tidy stars. It's a personal think but when imaging nebula, I like more colour, and less star.
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