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2 minutes ago, SmokeyJoe said:

Watton, for my sins. 

Not one I was thinking of, I was born in Fakenham, near Sculthorpe and West Raynham, but also not very far from me now, I'm now living the other side of Attleborough.... My neighbour goes the Watton aution most weeks....

8 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

That's a terrific capture Geof! I thought seeing looked pretty good and you've taken full advantage despite the clouds! 

Thanks Stuart, one of these days we'll have the combination of good seeing and no clouds - well maybe....🙄

Thanks Kostas, yes I'm really pleased with this one. I think I may stay at both 3ms and 3min SERs in future, I think that combination is giving cleaner stacks and it doesn't take me long to run a few stacks through Jupos. I'd like a few more images with the Valles Marineris region more central, which will be the case earlier in the evening over the coming nights, though of course tomorrow night is a football night, whether it is clear or not.....🤔

Just now, Elp said:

Great shots, I wanted to do this in conjunction with my widefield but didn't think I'd get good detail on both moon and mars, but this clearly shows it was a good session.

Thanks, though unfortunately still not the detail on either Mars or the Moon that I wanted to get, but I had no time to fine tune the focus due to clouds right up to the time that the occultation started. I also set up my DSLR+200mm zoom on a tripod, but I couldn't be in two places at once, so the DSLR was a miss. I should have set the DSLR rig up on my SA tracking mount and set it running a series of exposures, but my head was too foggy for that, so I concentrated on the main observatory rig.

Thanks Carole, a bit crazy going out when full of Covid, but it's been in my diary for 2 years, so if it was the last thing.......🤔

11 minutes ago, SmokeyJoe said:

I live on an old airbase right by a nuclear bunker

ok, so which airbase is that? As a Norfolk lad myself, I have a few possibilities in mind....🤔

No, not another image of the occultation, but the following evening, so nice to bookend the day with this one.

Once again it was a fight with clouds, but the seeing was pretty decent when I could actually see Mars. I had to drop my captures to 3 mins as I couldn't run for 6 mins without clouds passing through, indeed some of the 3m SERS got cloud bombed too. I tried without the ADC, but colour dispersion was very apparant, so I put the ADC back in without capturing any bare vids. As @neil phillips previously suggested, I increased my capture rate from 5ms to 3ms, which seems to have worked pretty well. This is best 30% from 3x3m SERs, each separately processed, then de-rotated in WinJupos. The image was resized from 96dpi to 144dpi for display.

Thanks for looking

That's lovely Suart. I got out again last night too - another fight with the clouds, but the seeing was quite good. About to post what I got.

48 minutes ago, Nicola Hannah Butterfield said:

Thanks, I could have used any of the images for the single one, but thought just that little gap works.

I am a little disappointed with the quality of the moon, but it wasn't the best in terms of cloud, but I was fortunate to actually get to see and record the event.

I think it was a difficult night for almost everyone in the UK, but it is still good to see that so many people got to experience the event, even if it was a case of cloud dodging for a lot of the time.

2 hours ago, chiltonstar said:

Very nice images a nd presentation!

Chris

Thanks Chris

Superb, thanks for sharing it.

57 minutes ago, ArmyAirForce said:

even the observatory door lock froze, but I'm pleased I made the effort.

I'd considerred that possibility, so had already unlocked during the day. I did have issues with the roof though as the build of frost under the rollers kept causing the roof opening to abort and close. It took about 5 attemps to get it fully open, but as you say, it was worth it.

Brilliant, you nailed that video Stephen, really good to see the start and end of occultation. I went back to bed as clouds rolled in and the Moon was setting into trees anyway

Superb, as most of your images are....👏

I've only just found this one Kostas (there are lots of posts to review since last night 🤔). You certainly made the best of the poor seeing, these are lovely.

Excellent image, lovely processing.

Excellent

Lovely Jupiters

These are really excellent Mars images Simon - you clearly haven't lost your touch

I love these and others' images of Mars, alongside the full Moon. Some albedo details coming through on the very small Mars - what's not to like....👏

That's an excellent Mars Chris

A very nice first Mars

Nicely done Rob

That's a really cracking presentation of the event Gav

Thanks Neil, mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday Sun, total idiots go out in freezing temperates full of Covid, just to howl at a full Moon occulting Mars.....🙄.  I hope you quickly get through those issues...🤞