neil phillips

The heat mass in the air that's been causing havoc over the UK has for the moment shifted. I first got wind of this by looking on the solar section. where it was also mentioned. As such. I set up again. Its still really early days to be imaging Saturn Both images taken in daylight. With such a faint planet is far from ideal. But seeing doesn't calm in the slightest at the moment until the sky is bright. And Saturn isn't horrendously low roof hugging ( but still low ) there appeared to be some kind of jet stream or disturbance despite the lack of showing on maps. But its a far cry from the heat mass of the last few days. The bright sky plays havoc with processing. And havoc with colour. I assume the moon is Titan

Cheers guys. The goal is to extract as much detail for the size of the scope. But with little to no noise. still looking at least partially Natural.

Playing with some data from the 29th April 12" Stella lyra. very careful process.

Lovely result. Superb processing. And not a common sight. Seeing UV cloud moving on Venus.

Still some detail on show Pete. Nice capture

Agreed that was my memory too for the most part.

I am convinced its a warm air problem mixing with colder air. Ever felt the warm pockets of heat when swimming ? That kind of logic. I am unsure of the dynamics or how it equalizes though ? Or how long it takes. But it can equalize, and it can be stubborn. From what i remember Cheers RE Saturn

Thanks Pete yes its encouraging this early poor seeing

Another capture

Seems to be everybody had this. I will bet a blast of warm air from the continent or some such is to blame. Cheers

Last time i had this seeing it lasted a while if i remember. Hopefully not

Appears to be a country wide seeing problem. We all had it. Its not a jet stream. But some kind of large warm air mass. it constantly knocks the image out of focus

You had the same by the looks. Constantly turning into blur. I had that seeing effect last year. often under high pressure. its like a warm air thing. not jet stream. Color shot was pants Cheers

Despite high pressure seeing was pretty bad. Would not stay in focus, Stubbornly kept at it, improved a little as it got higher. But i am already making improvements from the ICE breaker shot i think Glad i didn't use the 12. Stella 245mm Orion 462c IR685

You did well. A record of this years UV cloud. Cheap filter and no drives. Yet quality is top notch.

Reminds me of the cloud cover over lowestoft lately It is different. A strong dark UV blanket

Got a lot to live up to. You guys doing so well. If i dont get the high pressure. Wont be as good. you both knocked it out of the ball park

strong dark contrasty cloud. Its almost totally taken over. Like a UV blanket

Cheers Pete its great in the morning. Very calming

Too pricy for me, i am stuck with quest 2. Which is good enough for a decent planetarium simulation. But your other ideas would take development

And you have inspired me through the years. Cheers bud

As i said to Stuart just keep gathering data while the conditions are good. Then you can sit back. And spend time processing.

Superb Stuart. you guys are just slaying Venus in the UK. Congrats on the amazing results. Stunning comes to mind

3rd is good. 4th is sublime. Congrats on getting these. What great work you and Stuart have been doing.