CraigT82

Really nice Kon loving the surface details on view

Really nice work Geof loads of surface detail on show

Nice one 👍🏼 Can’t beat it for a £60 scope!

Thanks Geof, just concentrated on adjusting the colour and tidying the edges really. Had a another go at cloning away the edge rind which has worked a bit better than my first go.

Bit of a reprocess… quite subtle not much difference really. original for ref…

Very nice Geof 👍🏼

About 6 years ago I bought a big down filled parka coat from millets which was about £100 I think, best Astro investment I ever made. Also have some Karimoor snow fur insulated boots which have been great but are a bit worn out now. For me it’s mostly the hands and feet that suffer. Haven’t yet found any gloves that keep my fingers warm whilst letting me operate everything without taking them off. The search continues.

Sounds interesting. AI deconvolution trained on Astro images that uses that can calculate PSF from the stars in the image. Also can apply different deconvolution to different parts of the image (stars/nebula etc).

Absolutely, if the parabola isn’t actually a parabola due to poor figuring

To be honest Vlaiv I'm not totally convinced you're not an A.I. 😆

Very nice image Geof. The never ending battle of detail vs noise continues

Thanks Jeremy

Very nice, was a great event

Thanks Knobby. Thanks yeah came out ok which I was very surprised at after nearly giving up after one capture. Thanks Kon Thanks Si Thanks Geof. I don’t usually adjust the colour at all at capture I do it all in post. Must admit I spent quite a bit of time fiddling with the Hue and saturation.

KIT: SW 300p on AZ-EQ6 (in AltAz mode). ASI485mc. ZWO ADC. Baader Q barlow 2.25x (working at 3.4x). Astronomik L2 filter CAPTURE & PROCESS: 10x60sec captures in FC. Best 5% stacked in AS3. Image derotation. Sharpening in Astrosurface. Finishing in Gimp. DETAILS: Image scale 0.12"pp/5200mmF/17. Planet at 59 deg. Derotated to 22:018 UTC. Seeing seemed poor during capture, fuzzy disc difficult to focus. Transparency 10/10. Captured from Taunton, UK Thanks for looking & Clear Skies!

Yeah you might need a lot of extension to get up to f18, depends on the focal length of the barlow. You can calculate the required extension using this formula: Power=(BarlowFL+distance)/BarlowFL If the barlow focal length isn’t published you can get it by measuring the distance between the last cell and the top of the barlow, that will be the ‘distance’, you know the power is 2x so you can rearrange and get the barlow focal length.

Ignore that calculator it’s not meant for planetary imaging. With the 224 you want to be up around f18 ish really.

Post deleted - miss read the question 🙄

The sticky backed magnetic stuff could be a goer too as the pillar is steel.

For me it’s sticky backed Velcro. Decent 3M stuff as the cheaper stuff never sticks for long. https://www.screwfix.com/p/velcro-brand-black-heavy-duty-stick-on-tape-1m-x-50mm/21670?tc=GT3&ds_kid=92700048793315993&ds_rl=1249416&gclid=Cj0KCQiAg_KbBhDLARIsANx7wAxDKb94WTackzA3PhxxjEqKrM7IuheXtdsOTVGw0RNG_sl1LnTFYogaAjSZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Tidy 👍🏼

Yes, sorry should have said

I’d probably try restacking with different alignment points. Also tick RGB align box in AS3 that might help

Put the dome straight on the ground first and leave it there for a few weeks, let the neighbours complain if they want to. If anyone measures it it’s less than 2.5m high and no one can do anything about that, then after it’s all died down surreptitiously move it onto the slab!

The colouring is correct as far as the capture goes, but because you’re using an achromat the CA is throwing the colour balance off.