WestCoastCannuck

Thanks Kon!! Much appreciated. 😀

Images look pretty great given bad seeing! I would say seeing at least a 2.5. Colours look great too. Mike

This was the last night of my run... my 4th in a row. Sadly, I could have kept going, but I am so sick with this devil cold now (10 days) I could not image last night and probably not tonight either though it looks to be clear enough again. This night was good, though it would have been better if I could have waited for the seeing to settle a bit - images were wobbly, but the details were there. Just harder for the stacking software to handle and I am sure I lost at least a bit of detail. Still..... they are pretty good, and I am happy. I went more modest with the scale of the colour image this time. Hope some enjoy Very best regards and clear skies! Mike 140mm F7 @ F14. Saturn-C camera. 2X barlow. Best 400 of 2000. 4 Panels. More details on pic. Next up is my mono effort with 183MM shot at F21 reduced here to critical sampling of F11.3. More details on pic. And lastly, the same data as above, but at the full captured resolution of F21 - 136 MP. Soft.... but great for feature hunting! Clear skies and good health to all!! Mike

Those closeups are just LOVELY!! Great clean processing and details! So well done! Mike

Oh my god yes Roy. Its been awful for so long, and its been amazing being out there a few nights in a row with decent seeing and a great disc above!! Thanks Much!! Mike

Thanks Alan!! I really like both colour AND mono - and I plan on always doing both. I have found though, that for higher rez at least the colour is much more difficult in the processing. For whatever reason I get a lot of colour artifacts around the terminator and lim at higher powers. It has been suggested that possibly my cheap Svbony IR/UV cut filter could be to blame - will pick up a better one soon. Until then, I will shoot at a reduced power for the colour image from now on. Mike Thanks Kon! I am so happy now that I seem to be able to make nicer colour work. :)))))) Mike Thanks Mr Spock!! Colour is finally coming together for me I think. :)))) Mike

Agreed!! Thanks much.

Thanks much Onikkinen! I hope you got a chance to look on a PC. Clear skies Mike

On a roll here... and I am set up for tonight. So nice after months of scraps if lucky. 52MP colour mosaic. Capture details on pic. 130MP mono mosaic. Capture details on pic. In the end. As happy as I am about the above image, I must also post the one reduced to critical sampling of F11.3. It is the superior image.... but the big one is well worth a look for many and I really like it. Clear skies!! Mike

Got some great details there with the 130 Roy. Conditions have been bad here too, but this weekend has been a gift. For 2024 I have had 4 imaging sessions so far, and THREE of them were the last 3 evenings with another possible window tonight. I may as well maximize , winter is set to return in the next week or so with more wet and cold and gray. Cleasr skies Mike

After months of 99 % cloud cover we are catching a break here in Victoria BC. This from Friday night, the 15th. Lovely conditions for viewing and imaging. Enjoyed quite a lot. My capture process was an experiment that went very well - needs consistent seeing though. This was all captured at F21 - VASTLY oversampled. (140mm aperture, Green Baader CCD, 2.4um pixels). 7 panels taken of 1500 frames each. Best 300 of 1500 stacked per panel. The final processed image was then reduced to the approximate critical sampling for my gear used - F11.3. The resultant image has perhaps the most consistent image quality across the whole frame that I have achieved when going for maximum rez. I am pretty happy with it. More tech details on pic. Clear skies!! Mike F11.3 for best quality below The full very oversampled F21 version below. The details are much easier to see here. Image is 133 Megapixels. Cleasr skies everyone!! Mike

My only imaging night so far this year. The weather gods hate me. 4pc Mosaic with 533C and APM 140 with 2X Barlow. Clear skies! Mike

Thanks so much! I had thought this post was dead, and haven't seen the sky since. Your comment extra appreciated since I admire your work so much! Best regards Mike Thanks Swoop! Hope I get another chance soon. Not a single session this year yet. Mike

Very nice. For myself, I far prefer this one to your version posted later. As always, lunar colour is a personal taste acquired and tends to change. Maybe in 6 months I would prefer the other one. haha

Thanks much! It was a happy thing to get decent sky time last night - been nothing but clouds here for weeks, and back to it today. Seeing was JUST good enough for some nice details with a 140mm. Cheers Mike