neil phillips

Some good detail coming through. Nice unforced processing. Good to see the 12" going close

Very cool. Surprising how much detail is hidden in the earth shine. Nice job.

love it. Cool catch

Good to see you posting again Simon. And excellent start. Good detail throughout

You've done well Martyn getting the Cassini at the front especially in color is a sure sign of good capture Way to go

Good catches Stuart. Good detail coming through

Nice Saturn kostas as has been mentioned can see some good globe detail

Your welcome Pauline. if you have any questions just ask. And enjoy your time on here.

Welcome Pauline hope you find the site interesting. There is a lot a to see and learn on here. its a great forum. To the mods. I can vouch for Pauline she is a close friend, as i know we have had trouble lately.

Hi Pete yes. i need to start watching the weather its been awful, so have taken a break. But will get going soon i hope Cheers

Good to see you getting some Jupiter images Kostas. And nice results. Its been so long since i tried, i am in for shock elevation wise.

Cheers Steve it was the 178mm. which isn't particularly sensitive. But slightly larger chip. If you mean how easy it is to get on a particulate area ? its the same really as any scope. yes it weighs a ton. But i am using the EQ6R. If you mean how well does it track. that's mostly polar alignment. And balancing. The better both are, the better the tracking will be

Cheers Stuart when seeing allows. These big mass produced scopes can perform clearly

Hi Simon. Thanks. Good to see you. Yes the mono version of the 462c A great all round camera both in the UV and especially IR. its another one of those tools that can enhance what we are trying to do.

I had the 8.3/4 Darkstar many years ago great scopes. Can you see any initials on the primary anywhere ? David Hinds made the mirrors for some of them. A very respected mirror maker. I met the guy who made them when i was down in wales many moons ago. A nice bloke loved hes astronomy. I second the flocking advice. When you finally test the scope let it cool outside for a hour or longer to give its best. Some of us have fans on the bottom to speed up the cooling process. Will watch this thread, nice find

8" F6 dob all day long. A 6 " F8 dob would give the 5" Mak some stiff competition too.

Appreciated Roy. Compared to the 12" My old back prefers it that's for sure

Part of the thrill is pushing what limits we set ourselves can achieve. Not in a arrogant way. But in a hopeful way. The cameras now do spoil us though agreed Cheers

Excellent. Love those white lights

Cheers. Its a first for me being over mounted. Even then when focusing there's very slight wiggle. Easiest focusing I've tried though. Can almost run through with no movement. Not quite, but nearly. Never got on with a motorized focuser

Cheers Michael resolution is always going to be limited at 90mm. But still enjoyable none the less. Will have to make a solar filter soon. As for liberation. We take what we can get.

Yes that's a good thing about the mosaics.

Cheers Stuart hoping i can get one with the Cassini all the way around. Not sure if 245mm is big enough. Wont be easy with Stella. But worth trying.

Conditions didn't look great some cloud around. But since getting the little 90 mm achro. Its quite easy to get going. I am not going to setup the big scopes under such circumstances. Its here the little scope is a lot of fun. Its never going to compete in quality to the big scopes. But for its size i think the images look rather nice, and i enjoy it. Sw 90mm Evostar. Baader 495 long pass. zwo 178mm

Thanks Jim