CraigT82

Have just come across this huge pole to pole image from Mars Express orbiter, thought it too good not to share here. Image info and context here: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/From_clouds_to_craters

Wowsers what's the FL on that! Looks like it's going to be seriously neat and ultralight style

Yes... to my eye that looks better! 👍

Very nice! My favourite is the mare nectares image. The ripples and creases in the mare remind me of wisps of nebula. Are these single panes or mosaics?

Oh dear... not good

I've often looked at this focuser, probably what I'll go for when I upgrade the revelation astro crayford on my newt. I have the single speed, non-monorail version and it's very well made and lovely to use. https://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p3700_TS-Optics-MONORAIL-2--Newtonian-focuser-with-Micro-Transmission.html

Remember you need to factor in the cost of the base for the moonlite, around £50 if I remember correctly.

Yeah not bad, definitely a bit more colour but I think the rings may have suffered a little? Have you tried processing the globe and rings separately? I had real trouble getting decent colour in mine captured on the 18th (using 290mono and rgb), really had to push the hue/saturation to get it looking yellow, which ruined it overall and ended up not bothering even posting it! Its really hard when the planets are so low, but I think the good thing about persevering when others might have given up is that we get the chance to really learn and develop the collection and processing methods, and really get the best out of the data we've got so that when they finally rise up higher we will be able to produce the most stunning images with everything we've learned... or something like that anyway!

Impressive tracking! Lots of detail visible in the still moments

I never usually consider getting out imaging even the moon is nearly full but your image show it I'd most definitely worth it!

It is nice and sharp though, the rings are nice and natural looking without any of the ring artifacts that usually appear when trying to get too much out of it. I've never been considered anything else other than AS3 and registax for processing so will check out Astra image.

Very nice! Doesnt seem to be much in the way of colour though?

The Hyperions are generally considered to be poor performers at faster focal ratios. How fast a scope they can be used in is dependent on how tolerant the observer is to the resulting edge of field aberrations.

Very nice shot... very well exposed. Way better than m first ever lunar image! Have you tried the camera attached directly to the scope without reducer or EP? Would be interesting to see how that compares.

Looks like RVO has it with clamps and tripod at £999.

Is there anything about your current EPs that you don't like? If you want more FoV and more comfortable eye relief there are BSTs. BSTs are usually suggested as first upgrade EPs and for good reason (they're great for the price - £50 ish). They would give you a bit extra FoV over the omni plossls (60 degrees versus 50 of the plossls). The ES 62 degree LER eyepieces are nice to use and offer a tad more FoV that the BSTs, pricey though starting at around £80ish.

One method for the uranus and Neptune is just to capture a ton of IR only and false colourise it. There is very little detail in RGB for these targets.

I use Whitewall, and their ultra hd acrylic prints. Not cheap though. Could be worth getting a small section printed at 6x9 or similar to see how it looks before going the whole hog

Stunning! No other word for it really. Rho Oph is probably my favourite thing in the sky. Well worth the effort, and well worth spending a couple hundred quid getting it properly printed out and put on the wall!

The lander is first visible at 4m per pixel. To achieve that would require, at minimum, a 53 metre f/5 scope (assuming a ASI290 camera)

This image scale is 0.5m per pixel.

M6x1.25 I think, it's an odd size and difficult to come by as most m6 bolts have 1.00 thread pitch Edit: sorry wrong holes!

Really nice looking images. The first one is my favourite, nice and subtle

Not bad at all! Just using the camera, no scope?

Nice effort, I prefer a little lest contrast enhancement myself but it certainly catches the eye and highlights the differences in the topography 👍