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Hi Guys

On going through my data for the night of the 18th, there was a decent run slightly earlier on, which was good as the GRS was marginally better placed. Here is the result on that one.  It's probably the last of them this apparition 😉

All the best

Harvey

15 hours ago, geoflewis said:

Excellent image Harvey. It's good to see how much more of the left limb is passing into jovian nighttime shadow since opposition nearly 3 months ago.

Yes quite. Thanks for your feedback Geof!

Best Wishes

Harvey

15 hours ago, chiltonstar said:

Superb image!

Thank you 🙂

21 hours ago, orion25 said:

Beautiful image, Harvey. Very smooth and natural

Regards,

Reggie

Thank You Reggie, - much appreciated 🙂

On 20/01/2024 at 11:25, Ags said:

GRS: Gradually Reducing Spot. Sorry to derail the thread - I wanted to mention it is a very nice smooth and natural-looking image. 

Thank you

On 20/01/2024 at 11:10, Kon said:

Excellent image and very nice smooth details.

Many thanks

On 20/01/2024 at 17:48, Space Cowboy said:

Very nicely detailed image Harvey!

Cheers Stuart

On 20/01/2024 at 10:58, Ags said:

Just how much does an 11" Mak weigh?

Hi

It weighs about the same as a C14

Decent seeing conditions here on the night of the 18th Jan. It was good to get out and gather the following whilst freezing my Bottom off! (My toes are only just beginning to warm up)! 😬

Best

Harvey

On 18/01/2024 at 13:50, geoflewis said:

Very nice image Harvey. I think it was a good night as I've seen a few decent images of that double pre occultation event. Unfortunately I didn't cjeck what was coming up and chose that day to swap my planetary rig for DSO camera and rebalanced the scope, so I missed imaging it. It's nice to see what you and others got though.

Thanks Geof. Good luck with the deep sky images, you are clearly extremely talented! Unfortunately, You've missed a couple of decent nights I think. The 18th here was particularly good. - Will post image when fully processed.

Best

Harvey 

It was good to get out on the evening of the 15th Jan. There was a mild overhead jetstream, although conditions on the ground were reasonably still. I was determined to get something before the end of this apparition, and was pleasantly surprised at what I got. I'd set out with the coloured cam this time, as I wasn't sure of the outcome

Cheers

Harvey

On 29/12/2023 at 18:28, Pete Presland said:

Superb image Harvey. we all need a bit of luck, but its skill that delivers images like this when "luck" is on our side occasionally. As i have said before i don't like the term "lucky imaging" luck plays a small role in images like this in my opinion 🙂 

Thanks Pete. Agreed, you spend a lot more time processing than capturing the data, although the capture needs to be bang on to bring out the best results, - particularly in the UK 

On 27/12/2023 at 18:19, stuy said:

Fantastic image mate 👍👌

Thanks Stuuy, appreciated! 🙂

On 14/12/2023 at 22:44, orion25 said:

Beautiful image! Easy on the eye. I like lucky imaging

Reggie

Many thanks Reggie. I was really lucky to get these conditions in the narrow window that was had, so I know what you mean! 🙂

On 08/12/2023 at 14:29, yelsac said:

Lovely image Harvey, really nice to look at, you must be pleased with that one 👍

I am pleased with it. Thank you 

These look fine to me. Nice and soft with detail. I'm wondering how well you nailed focus on the colour one though

3 minutes ago, geoflewis said:

I went out a bit later last night with fog thickening. The seeing looked good, but I was too late as the fog rapidly turned to cloud.

Was that with the 290MM, I haven’t used mine for over a year now, I just go with the 462MC. 

No, it was with the QHY 5111678 mono. Dare I say it but it was oversampled at around F14, so over the 5X pixel size recommended. (7 times). I always find on nights of decent seeing I can get higher levels of detail doing this. Detail covers more pixels I spose

4 minutes ago, Kon said:

Excellent image and lots of details. Nice natural look to it.

Thanks Kosta. 🙂

7 minutes ago, geoflewis said:

That’s superb Harvey, smooth as cream with lots of detail.

It’s one of the things I love about planetary vs DSO imaging, you only need a fairly brief gap, in good seeing to get what you need for an excellent image.

You are right about that. I missed the night before which was clear all night. I saw it was clear last night so opened up the obsy. The rain came in within an hour of me closing it. I grabbed about 5 RGB runs and that was it. I'm glad I have finally found the focusing offsets with the various filters, it took some time to perfect.

That's outstanding Geof. All your hard work has paid off! 👏

This one surprised me somewhat as I was imaging in a gap in the jetstream. An aircraft (jet), passed just south of the planet half way through the green channel on the middle of the run too. Doesn't seem to have messed things up too much though. This is a 3 RGB run. I was somewhat lucky, because it rained here about an hour after imaging 

53 minutes ago, Pete Presland said:

Superb image, the processing looks spot on.

Thanks Pete. Looks like you've been busy winning prizes!  🙂

6 hours ago, geoflewis said:

That's a superb image Harvey, you nailed the processing 👏

Many thanks Geof. (P.S. - If you know anyone that wants a C14, I have an Edge HD that I am considering selling, - I've had it from new). 

Cheers

Harvey

16 hours ago, bosun21 said:

Excellent image 👍. That's one large Maksutov you have there. Great details.

Thank you 🙂

15 hours ago, dweller25 said:

That’s a great image 👍

Thank you, appreciate the comment