Barv

29 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

Very Cool. Will need to get temperature stabilized to give off its best. Not sure if insulation would help ? but maybe. Congrats. One of a kind. 

Yes, it's all been sorted Neil. Stuart wrapped it before I collected it. The only issue I've had is with dew. I'm in the process of sorting that now. Visually the scope is unbelievable, and clearly a keeper. Stuart has a 9" LZOZ apo, and that is the only reason he parted with this one. The colour correction and optics are in a different league to the C14

Cheers

Harvey

32 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Super image 👍🏻

Thank you Jeremy 🙂

6 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

Nicely done Harvey!

Thanks Stuart, appreciated 🙂

36 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

Very Nice was that Stuarts scope ?

Yes Neil, Stuart in Wales, - lovely chap! Apparently, Romano built this one for himself

Good job!

Thanks Neil

It's an Otiche Zen, 290mm Maksutov Cassegrain, - think it says it on the post!

Cheers Harvey

Thank you Kon. Things are tough at the moment, hoping for improvements!

Hi Guys

It's been a while since I posted anything on here lately, due to a few personal issues.

I got the chance to try out my new Mak for imaging on the night of the 24th. It was fraught with problems, - particularly later on, due to marginal high cloud and variable transparency. I am quite pleased to have got the following result though!

Best Wishes

Harvey

Well done for a first time out Stuart, I can see that you've not lost your touch! It was way too watery this particular night, which certainly won't help things!

Cheers

Harvey

Nothing wrong with that! Well done

34 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

Hi Harvey good to see you around. Yes, it is a real minefield isn't it.  Would be interesting if astronauts ever went there for confirmation of its true colour.

Yes, moved to Suffolk 3 years ago now. Dont go out much mind with poor health and covid. But still love astronomy

Sorry to hear about your health Neil. I can see you've got right back into astro with the excellent stuff you've been posting. Keep up the great work!

All the best

Harvey

Interesting post Neil

I personally find all this very subjective as nobody has actually been there. (All probe cams are set by humans on various software platforms)

When I image with RGB filters, I get a completely different colour set to my OSC camera on Jupiter, even though my histogram levels are correct when processing. No amount of work can bring my RGB captures anything like this. The reds are always enhanced etc etc. My colour cams will always bring a similar result to yours without messing about with them. What is also interesting is that I often use a paid for software called AVC Labs photo enhancer to colour calibrate the images, and I much prefer this to Registax., even though out of habit I often return to registax at various stages of my workflow

Best Wishes

Harvey. 

PS. I notice you've now moved up to Sunny Suffolk! LOL

A good spot Peter in testing conditions! Well done

Hi Guys

I decided to add more data to my previous rendition. There is now 14mins of data after running through Winjupos. I have tried to keep things as natural as possible.

Best Wishes

Barv

Thanks Daryl 😊

Hi all

After looking at my previous effort, I frankly wasn't happy with it. Here is a repro'd version which I think looks far more natural. Comments always welcome.

Best wishes

Harvey

Hi Guys

Here is around 8 minutes of data taken on the night of the 11th October. Quite a bit of Albedo features have been resolved. Details of equipment used etc are on the image.

Best Wishes

Harvey

Lovely shot with loads of detail evident! Well done. (I loved my C11)

That's really excellent Simon, I commend your processing skillset. Particularly as the conditions were windy.

All the best

Harvey

On 28/02/2018 at 21:14, Pete Presland said:

I forgot you could do that, I have X1.8, X2 Barlow's and a X 2.5 Powermate.

Hi Pete

I purchased a 1.5X and a 1.75 amplifier from Siebert Optics in the US. They are very good optically so may be worth a Google and a look?

Best Wishes

Harvey

Great job with this Peter and very natural processing 😊

Excellent job on those, well done 👍

Thank you all for your positive comments 

All the best

Harvey