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Thanks all! An update on my progress together with an early plot or two can be seen on my website at: http://astronomy.me.uk/plotting-hydrogen-of-milky-way Andy

I have summarised my progress so fsr on my website on URL below. https://astronomy.me.uk/successful-detection-of-atomic-hydrogen-in-milky-way-using-phased-array-and-sdr Please can you take a look - I am really keen to receive constructive comments and criticism to help me improve the observations and also suggestions for what I do next..I would like to try to map the Milky Way but not sure best way to go about this? Andy

......and finally I should also say the touch of magic = the wonderful Topax DeNoise. I often also find some Topax GigaPixelAI helps in the workload to increase resolution and help the sharpening routine when DeNoise is then applied.

You are absolutely right. Also forgot to put in my list Quark Chromosphere. This particular image did not have any flats or darks taken but I did calibrate woth artificial flat in form of automatic background extraction in PixInsight which as you can see has done nifty job of smoothing the image. Andy

Oops! Forgot I had done that! Sorry folks! Andy

This is probably my best ever solar image. Sky Watcher Equinox 100 OTA Player One SolarMax camera 25 second video at 123fps, best 15% stacked in AS3 and processed with ImPPG and PS CS6. I inverted the prominence relative to disc. Andy

I am very excited about this image - from Lichfield UK on 19/6/2022. Sky Watcher Equinox Pro 100mm OTA HEQ5 Pro Daystar Quark Chromosphere HA Player One SolarMax camera 1ms exposures 123fps 25 second video ImPPG & Photoshop Any suggestions welcome! Andy

Wow! WOW! Over how long is that animation? Ie is it real time or sped up? Andy

I love the way the prominence has come out with red background and black sun. Need to give that a go myself. What are your settings in Photoshop to get those colours? Amdy

NB The original was 54MB because I didn't think about size when I loaded it up. Sorry for that! I used dithering on AS3 which was why size of image rocketed so much. Never sure if dithering on solar images is of any use.

Looks like you are actually there!

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing

Daystar Quark Calcium H. Equinox Pro 100mm ZWO 178MM (fan cooled) AndySun_115600_170721_ZWO ASI174MM(23710916)_lapl5_ap1187_Drizzle30 ImPPG 240721 PS+colourise.tif Sun_120404_170721_ZWO ASI174MM(23710916)_lapl5_ap476_Drizzle30 stack+crop PS-GradEterm ImPPG PS+colourise 210721@1750.tif

Thanks for the advice, Richard

Solar prominence from 12/8/2021, from Lichfield, UK, taken with Daystar Quark Chromosphere, Sky Watcher Equinox Pro 100mm OTA, ZWO 178MM Cool at -5C, Daystar full aperture ERF. Andy

Wow! What a photo. I have just purchased a ZWO ASI 071MC Pro but I dont think I will be producing images like this! Andy

Thanks for such a great report! I was shocked at the photos of ice on the scope! I also own a David Lukehurst scope and can attest to its quality. Andy

I am sure this multiwavelength image shows some science - although not quite sure what! Andy

Magnesium image of sun from 2/6/2021. Magnesium Quark - lacks detail - I think due to poor seeing but could be poor focus. Sky Watcher Equinox Pro 100mm OTA Andy Sun_114609_020621_ZWO ASI174MM(23710916) stack+crop+ImPPG+PS+colourise.tif

From 2/6/2021 Triband image of Sun with HA mapped to red, sodium to orange, calcium to blue Andy

I have received this reply from Rowan Astronomy which explains the problem I am experiencing: Hello Andrew, Thank you for your e-mail., From your description I think you have an older HEQ5 mount. These mounts have the transfer gear mounted on a shaft with a hex head. This photo shows the type. http://rowanastronomy.com/lphoto5.htm Once the grub screw is loosened the shaft has to be unscrewed from the motor plate. The hole in the motor the plate is threaded and there are 2 options to fit the idler roller shaft. a. Cut the idler roller shaft with a dremel or grinder and then epoxy the idler shaft in position. b. Drill the motor plate through with a 5.0mm drill to remove the thread. I recommend this is done on a drill press and not ‘free hand with a pistol drill to ensure the hole is drilled square to the plate. The idler roller shaft is then fixed in position with the side locking grub screw. Kind regards, Dave Rose Rowan Engineering Ltd www.rowanengineering.com

Hi All Can someone offer advice? I started process of HEQ5 Rowan belt mod this morning only to find that both RA and Dec motors on my HEQ5 Pro only have ONE grub screw on gear axis rather than two as stated on the mod instructions. I have loosened the one grub screw but the gear will not pull out - according to instructions it should now slide out easily but it won't budge a mm! What do I do? Andy

I could do with longer bolts for my AZEQ6GT mount - any one know where to get them? Andy

2nd attempt at M38 and NGC1907 to see if I can get it better this time! Andy

The first image was M35 and NGC2158 and the 2nd image was M38 and NGC1907 - I will have another at processing the latter.