At dusk

Hi.

I purchased a second hand 12" meade ACF a couple of months ago. Due to the bad weather I didn't have the chance to try it until last week. The moon was so amazing that I had to fetch my old asi120m and take some pictures. Here is the result. Thanks for looking

Thanks for the answer. It’s a matter of patience. This is my third solar transit bit I had to travel several kilometres for the two previous.

Hi, everybody

It's been a long time since I last posted in this forum

Yesterday I was lucky. The ISS crossed in front of the Sun from my own home. Due to the confinement in this dire situation I couldn't have moved to any other location

Here is the image I obtained. The equipment: lunt 80 on EQ6-R, zwo asi120M. Video 90" processed in registax and autostakkert. 19 frames extracted with pipp and added in Photoshop.

Thanks for looking.

Of course I don't mind. I always appreciate this kind of advice in order to improve my skills.

Regards

Hi.

I received this filter on friday. I had serious doubts  about the purchase because I intend to use it with my unmodified canon 200d and with my asi1600MM in front of the RGB filters. And I am  not sure if this filter will work properly with this set up.

I tried it yesterday and it really has surprised me. This is M42,  25 x 45", no flats, no bias and instead of darks I left automatic noise reduction. Almost unprocessed. Only stacked iin DSS, BDE in pixinsight and curves in Photoshop.

The most suprising thing is that M42 was close to an 80% illuminated moon.  Under these circumstances, I think the result exceeds my expectations.

Thanks for looking

22 minutes ago, RobertI said:

Lovely looking setup. What sort of issues are you experiencing?

Hi.

The problem is in the external power outlet. I could have tried the mount with batteries but I decided  it was better to contact with the supplier and ask for a replacement

Anyway, the telescope is quite short and I think the mount can handle it although the weight it`s a bit over the limit

The mount is available in spain. Here is a picture of my new grab n go set up. It seems sturdy enough to carry my SV 90 triplet (about 5.5 k with diagonal and eyepiece)

However I am expiriencing some issues with the mount and, probably it will have to be replaced.

i've never tried either jujijama or astro hutech orthos, so I can' t help.

Some years ago, I owned kokusai orthos and certainly the taks are in another  league.

They outperform my zoom nagler 3-6 in contrast and light scatter. 

Case #1

Case #2

It´s easy to appreciate that the colours I like most are Green and black. But I´d never part with my taka abbe orthos. They are absolutely amazing on planets with the binoview.

My best pictures in 2015 were taken in White light. Some exemples:

Although some proms where really awe-inspiring...