Pete Presland

Hugely over-sampled, but the granulation turned quite well.

Some fairly stable conditions on Sunday morning, tempted me to get the "big un" out again, looking for some high resolution Solar images. AR3341, 3345 and some reasonable granulation from the middle area. Massively over-sampled to try and get as much granulation as possible. C9.25, Homemade 200mm v3.8 filter, asi174mm, x4 Powermate, 60 second SER file, stacked 10%, sharpened in IMPPG.

With the fairly stable conditions on Sunday morning, i hoped to capture some reasonable granulation. This area is what i always consider the best area, right in the middle, the nearest and facing right at Earth. Pretty pleased how it has turned out. Shame there wasn't a decent AR in the area. Massively over-sampled with the X4 powermate 🙂 C9.25, Homemade 200mm v3.8 filter, asi174mm, x4 Powermate, 60 second SER file, stacked 10%, sharpened in IMPPG.

AR3345, with some reasonable granulation. C9.25, Homemade 200mm v3.8 filter, asi174mm, x4 Powermate, 60 second SER file, stacked 10%, sharpened in IMPPG.

Some fairly stable conditions on Sunday morning, tempted me to get the "big un" out again, looking for some high resolution Solar images. AR3341, with some reasonable granulation. C9.25, Homemade 200mm v3.8 filter, asi174mm, x4 Powermate, 60 second SER file, stacked 10%, sharpened in IMPPG.

You nailed it Steve, it has been a while since i played with the layers as well. I am going to have a go with the 8 frames i have, if get anywhere i will let you now 🙂

Thanks Kon, the framing was luck of my location to be honest 🙂

I assumed it was as well, seemed to be very close to me Steve. Good luck !

Finally manage to capture the ISS transit the Sun. There never seems to be many from my back garden, so i had to find a suitable place on the somewhere. luckily there was a layby a few miles away that was perfect. A 8 frame GIF for the animation. The best frame from the GIF, with the ISS nicley positioned between the Sunspots. A straightforward single frame saved from the SER file and converted to a PNG and lightly sharpened. Evostar 120mm, Lunt wedge, Baader Continuum filter, Asi174mm,

The best frame from the GIF, with the ISS nicley positioned between the Sunspots. A straightforward single frame saved from the SER file and converted to a PNG and lightly sharpened. Evostar 120mm, Lunt wedge, Baader Continuum filter, Asi174mm,

Finally managed a Solar transit, bit of a drive to find a layby on the "transit path" Very pleased when i saw it whizz past! Evostar 120mm, Lunt wedge, Baader Continuum filter, Asi174mm, Made the GIF using the 8 frames available

A fine looking image there, still some clouds visible.

Venus is a tough target, even when you have big aperture and a mono camera. The phase is showing quite nicely though. I think my corrector plate blocks some of the signal, but obviously i have nearly twice your aperture. What time did you capture at?

Very nice Neil, some terrific details on the surface to go with the rings.

Excellently captured and presented, a record to be very proud of! well done to you 🙂

"Stella" hasn't done to badly, i am sure there is much more to come later this year especially. Those 462 cameras seem to be rarer than "rocking horse poo" at the moment. other than the player one version.

Some nice details visible there Neil, that is a proper early start mate 🙂

Excellent result, the rotation clearly visible there.

good looking images Neil, at the best time of the day. Looking at my images of Saturn from last year, the ring tilt has really reduce, makes me think of my first ever Saturn image from 2009 they were edge on i think

Thanks for linking me to this thread @Space Cowboy I was trying to remember where i had seen the images. The difference is considerable between the two focal lengths. With my X1.8 Barlow i should at F18, but with the filter wheel i suspect it is over F20. I think i a 462 camera is going to be placed on the "wish list" as well.

I am over sampled when using my Asi290mm & x1.8 Barlow, but with the filter wheel as well maybe it is just too way too much. I will check on WinJupos to see what the FL is that i am imaing at. Thanks for trying with the data 🙂

I would be more than happy to share it with you Stuart. I have included another which i thought was decent data as well. I will be very interested in what you can achieve, i could see a distinct dark feature nearer the limb on my effort which is also visible on a few images posted on here from the same evening. Ven_19_26_19_UV_03_06_2023_ZWO ASI290MM_lapl6_ap1.tifVen_20_04_37_UV_03_06_2023_ZWO ASI290MM_lapl6_ap1.tif

Thanks Stuart, certainly improved the detail. I cant help thinking the SCT is maybe not the best scope for UV imaging, i am sure the corrector plate blocks some of the UV signal, compared to Newtonian telescopes.

I think from memory, i think i have managed a 3% illuminated disc. Obviously this depends on the separation from the sun, not looked yet to see how far apart they are this time. I think again from memory when i captured last time it was over 10 degrees. Still very close and precautions must be taken to avoid accidents. I use my shed to make it impossible to accidently point at the Sun.

Despite the fine conditions, this is a pretty disappointing result from 03.06.2023 😞 Been messing around with this data for a week, but unable to do any better than this in terms of cloud detail. Normally would be satisfied but, the conditions looked excellent across the UK. Proved by the superb images on here captured at the same time. The usual set up C9.25, Baader UV filter, X1.8 Barlow. Stacked in A/S3, Sharpened in Reg6 and C/S2.