Space Cowboy

Thats a terrific image Neil!

Still a nice image Neil. I might try 2 chairs next time 😉

Nice shots! Looks like you got Jupiter exactly the same time as me. What time were your Saturn images?

Thanks Neil. 

First planetary image for 2 years and guess who forgot to collimate! Checked at the end of the night and it was way off! Anyhow its a start.

1 hour ago, neil phillips said:

Hi Stuart. Ultimately the bigger scope is better. However the small 7.3 optics on the Classical cassegrain. are absolutely superb. On Lunar for example. I would say the detail is very very sharp. You get to see a highly fine sharpened image. Its noticeable how sharp the fine lunar detail is, even live. And even under iffy seeing. being portable it's a much easier setup 

Certainly can't ignore the ease of use factor. 👍

Very good!

Very nice natural images Neil. How are you finding the comparison between the 2 scopes?

Very nice image Geoff. Any kind of weather forecast is only a guide at the end of the day 🙂

Wouldn't the world be a more boring place if everyone's Jupiter images were the same colour 😊

Lovely image Neil. Never get tired of seeing the GRS in full bloom.

Impressive detail on the poles! 

20 hours ago, geoflewis said:

Thanks Stuart, yes, the C14 comes into its own once the seeing is good enough and the target has some altitude. I've just swapped to a colour camera after several years of mono, so received a lot of mentoring from @neil phillips from choice of camera, through to optimising capture and new processing techniques. Neil really got me running pretty quickly with this new camera.

You can't go far wrong getting advice from Neil. 😊 You can't go far wrong using a colour cam on Jupiter either for sure.  In my opinion the more footage you can capture during an evening the best chance you've got of snaring a fleeting moment of better seeing compared to the more time consuming RGB imaging process. Obviously fainter objects like Saturn benefit more from the mono cam.

21 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Yeah at full size Starting 30th Nov its 17.20 arcsecs So not the biggest, but virtually overhead. Worth a punt. I am planning for next year Jupiter 52 degrees. I am getting a 12" Newt again especially for it.

Ted ended up in Ireland was put out to pasture. A new mirror installed apparently RIP Ted

Can't think of a better place for Ted to go than Ireland. I believe there is a place on the west coast (Craggy island) where there's a guy who specialises in removing dents. 😉

That's a super image with impressive detail inside the GRS! Those C14s are like OLED TVs with the extra contrast and detail. 😉 Clearly a man who knows how to use one!

2 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Hey bud. Good to see you around. Wondered how you was? After my last message. I figured you needed to have time away from astronomy. Don't forget I gave up for 5 years. So that's why I wasn't bugging you. Ladies and gentleman a old friend of mine. A really excellent planetary imager. Was looking on your page a while back Stuart. Man you did some great stuff back in the day. You only really get back into it when you start to feel it again. For me it was building my daughters old telescope back into service, and imaging with it. And the pandemic. If it hadn't had been for the pandemic. I don't think I would have started again. As I had too many plans for family life by the Suffolk coast. But here I am.  It's been a while Stuart hasn't it

What a weird future we turned out to have. Would love to see you start up again. The astronomy world needs talented people like you showing everyone how good planetary imaging can be.

Great to see you posting on the forum 

Thanks for your kind and generous words Neil.  I do need plenty of motivation to get out there at night when I have to be up early each morning on the farm. Obviously these past few years have been bleak for planetary imagers but now things are improving.

I was surprised to see Mars looking good again despite it being smaller than last time 60 degrees aint too shabby! ( That 18 degree Saturn ain't to shabby either!)

Very impressive images with a manual Dob!

Still knocking out some good stuff Neil!  As every the perfectionist 😉 I need to pull my finger out and get back into it!

Nice image with the refractor Neil. That must be quite a weapon!

Excellent capture Neil! High pressure over UK this week though lots of cloud so far. 

Super image Neil! 

 Nice detail!  I need to get my kit out!

On 03/06/2021 at 14:09, neil phillips said:

Like old times. When good seeing happens hope your going to have a go ? 

Absolutely! Just a case of keeping the lawn well mown at that altitude 😉

Bravo Neil! 

I know it's says 2015 but as there are no later showcases I thought this Jupiter animation I made from 2016 deserved to be on here. I corrected the field rotation in winjupos.

90 mins rotation taken with 10" Dob, ASI 224mc, 3x TV & ADC :