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Uranus with northern polar hood and five moons (05/03/24)
Pete Presland replied to Kon's topic in Imaging - Planetary
Excellent captured and processing. The Moons have come out really well, what was the method used to expose the Moons. Some sort of layering technique? -
what just happened
Pete Presland replied to Daniel-K's topic in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets
Super show, very nicely captured. Looks like it was visible down in the South as well of the UK as well -
Which 3 of your eyepieces get the most use, and why?
Pete Presland replied to F15Rules's topic in Discussions - Eyepieces
22mm Nagler, fantastic sharp contrasty views in my C9.25. Other than that my TS Optics 7.2-21.5mm Zoom gets a lot of use, purely for convenience and mostly when Solar viewing/imaging -
1st session of the year! Huge AR in white light
Pete Presland replied to Pete Presland's topic in Imaging - Solar
Should have added Lunt wedge and asi174mm camera were used as well. (told i was out of practice 🙂 ) -
Very nicely captured.
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Sun in Whitelight 25th February 2024.
Pete Presland replied to Steve Ward's topic in Imaging - Solar
Very nice Steve that AR is a beauty!- 1 reply
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Seems to have been virtually permanent cloud this year. Manged to get a decent look at the naked eye AR currently crossing the Sun. Fairly reasonable conditions, considering the altitude of the Sun when imaged. Didn't bother with the C9.25, just the Evostar 120mm due to the altitude. Been so long since the last session, i felt like a beginner again 🙂 60 second SER, stacking 20% in A/S3, sharpened in REG6. Mono and false colour for aesthetic reasons.
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Well done to everyone who flagged it up 👏 relief nobody was ripped off.
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Managed to get home in time from work, to set up and quickly capture this event in bright blue skies. Not great conditions, but pleased to be able to see and image the event. 1st session of the year at last, a quick process this morning Usual set up, C9.25, asi224mc, X1.2 Barlow
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Heads up - io transiting the GRS 9th Jan ‘24
Pete Presland replied to dweller25's topic in Celestial Events Heads Up
It was pretty tricky with the position and lack of contrast, mostly due to the very bright conditions i think. Just giving them a quick look now -
Heads up - io transiting the GRS 9th Jan ‘24
Pete Presland replied to dweller25's topic in Celestial Events Heads Up
I can now see Io very close to limb, on the live Firecapture screen 👍 -
Heads up - io transiting the GRS 9th Jan ‘24
Pete Presland replied to dweller25's topic in Celestial Events Heads Up
Clear blue skies, managed to 60 sec runs as soon as I got in from work. Not sure I will be able see much , that close to the limb -
Heads up - io transiting the GRS 9th Jan ‘24
Pete Presland replied to dweller25's topic in Celestial Events Heads Up
All sounds a bit too good to be true, clear skies, no jetstream, an interesting astronomical event at the same 😀 😃 🙂 Thanks for the heads up, fingers crossed 🤞 -
There was an interesting review and thread on Cloudy Nights just before Christmas Seestar S50 - first light and review - Smart Telescopes - Cloudy Nights What the Seestar can do does look pretty impressive to me, especially for the price. My C9.25 though is the perfect "all rounder" for me, great planetary/Lunar imager and viewer. Pretty good white light scope with the right filter. Very pleasing all round visual scope as well.