Pete Presland

As a few of you know i have been recovering from my recent accident, so the astronomy had to take a "break", pardon the pun 🙂 Unfortunately this meant i dare not try and set up in the dark on the 5th Sept, when it sounded the seeing was very good around the UK. So with this in mind i set up early in the evening on the 6th and 7th, ready for the couple of windows that conifers close by allow. Unfortunately the seeing was average on the 7th and dreadful on 8th. But here are the results, the last image being posted really to show how poor the seeing was. Some reasonable detail on show in the first two images. Captured with the usual C9.25, Asi224mc, ADC, X1.8 Barlow, nowhere near what i hoped for, but good to be hobbling around outside again under the stars.

Congratulations on capturing Uranus, both the outer gas giants are very tricky targets. Uranus is slightly less tricky than Neptune, but neither are going to yeald much more than what @vlaiv said a small disc. Some hints of detail can be revealed on Uranus, such as the Polar region, or banding with bigger apertures. But this still needs some very good seeing conditions, are managed once myself with my C9.25, but only once though.

Very interesting comparison between the tilt and no tilt, quite an increase in contrast. Loveley images as well.

A fine looking prom, no chance here today i don't think.

Thanks @vlaiv for taking the time to type such an in depth reply. I have read it many times and been pondering it since you posted. Would i be correct then in thinking that as long as my exposure for Jupiter was 5-7 ms and gain was 250-350 i need not worry about a lower histgram ? I dont think i am far away from these settings when i capture anyway. Looking at a recent capture files from Jupiter. The capture details with my C9.25/Asi224mc were exp 6.947ms and Gain 375 (62%), this gave Histgram of 69%

I was in Weybourne, Norfolk a couple of weeks back. The skies were excellent, It was just so nice to see the Milky Way again, we really are destroying all thats good about life. The free natural pleasures all around us will soon be gone. These are the light pollution stats for Weybourne. SQM 21.58 mag./arc sec2 Brightness 0.252 mcd/m2 Artif. bright. 80.9 μcd/m2 Ratio 0.473 Bortle class 4 Elevation 21 meters This is where i live SQM 20.28 mag./arc sec2 Brightness 0.831 mcd/m2 Artif. bright. 660 μcd/m2 Ratio 3.86 Bortle class 5 Elevation 37 meters The difference did not look that big to me when i read it, but its huge when you are under the stars.

I was in Weybourne, Norfolk a couple of weeks back, just down the road from Cley. The skies were excellent there as well. It was just so nice to see the Milky Way again, there a little glow from Sheringham up the coast though. This was worse from the beach, than the garden of the cottage i stayed at. I guess being slightly inland and surrounded by trees helped block it. Saw plenty of persids as well.

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 🙂

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 🙂

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 🙂

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 🙂

Hi welcome to SGL from Pete in Bedfordshire 🙂

Not really got to much idea when it comes to this type of processing. Both images captured my Lunt 50. The usual workflow to stack and sharpen the images. I then aligned the images using ImPGG, then i created the gif's using an online GIF maker (ezgif.com) Not the greatest, certainly now where near the standard of some i have seen on here.

A few more images of the recent activity on out closest star. The main group of spots were even better positioned than yesterday. All white light images captured with my Evostar120mm, Lunt wedge, asi174mm, the close ups are with X3 Barlow and my X2 Barlow. Unable to stack the full disc which was captured by starting the capture and allowing the disc to slow drift across the chip, so i could capture the full disc in one go. No idea why, tried several diffferent methods. Anyway the close up white lights came out pretty well.

More images of the recent activity on out closest star. The main group of spots were slightly better positioned than two days ago when i first captured them. All white light images captured with my Evostar120mm, Lunt wedge, asi174mm, the close ups are with X3 Barlow and my X2 Barlow. The H/A image is with my Lunt 50, Asi290mm. Both full discs were captured by starting the capture and allowing the disc to slow drift across the chip, so i could capture the full disc in one go.

Still off work, but finally back on my feet again, after my recent "pruning accident". Good to get some fine weather at last as well Could wait to get a look at all the recent activity that being going on. The Sun really has burst into life in the last week or so. All white light images captured with my Evostar120mm, Lunt wedge, asi174mm, the close ups are with X2.5 Powermate, the last is way over sampled i doubled up my Powermate and Barlow.

Nice looking disc, plenty to see there.

Lovely details visible there.

Superb set of images.

Very nicely captured.

Nice set of images.

Interesting set of images there, good to see it in many wavelengths.

Fine images, especially the HA image!

A fine set of images.

excellent set of images.