Sunshine

An EPIC M45! wow, nothing like waking up this sunday morning to some fantastic images, I don't see many M45 in such wide a field and this is marvellous!

A beautiful image, great job!

A book right up my alley! I’m always on the lookout for my next astronomy read, this is next. 

Nice report, I haven't had to realign starsense  since the first time months ago, unless the module is tapered with or knocked it should be ok time after time.

A big welcome to SGL!

Welcome to the lounge!

Great images, sometimes I find myself torn between starry and starless. 

Soundwave! love the avatar.

14 minutes ago, astrolulu said:

It turns out that even in such vertical lighting, with practically no visible chiaroscuro, you can also get an interesting image of the lunar surface:

 

OOH! wonderful! I'm loving the colours on display here, it gives the moon an organic feel.

Yes it's quite the sight to see for the first time! I remember my first transit some years ago, I watched the entire transit.

That's a beautiful image!

Amazing fusion of NIRCam and MIRI instruments trained on the pillars of creation, the details visible here are truly miraculous!. Link to image description on NASA page below.

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01GK2KKTR81SGYF24YBGYG7TAP?page=1&filterUUID=91dfa083-c258-4f9f-bef1-8f40c26f4c97

2 minutes ago, Rodd said:

The purple being one of them. 

My sweet innocence when it comes to imaging matters is just adorable, isn't it? 🤣

WOW! these are simply amazing, I wish i could contribute an imaging opinion but to me, everything technical about these may as well be in a foreign language. What I do see which jumps out at me is the 

increased sharpness and detail present in the TOA image,  but it also has more purple stuff in there (not sure if purple is good or not). Amazing work in any case, it is inspiring!.

28 minutes ago, F15Rules said:

Well spotted!! Actually it was balanced in use..let me explain.

In the photo there was no (2")  diagonal or eyepiece, but the dewshield shown was solid, thick aluminium, about 15" long! It suppressed stray light brilliantly, being flocked with proper Matt black flocking, but it did mean the balance point of the whole scope was significantly shifted..

..so I usually used the scope without the dewshield, which allowed the position on the mount shown to be correctly balanced with diagonal and ep in place👍😊.

Dave

Forgot to mention the perfectly manicured space you have there!

It's great! look at the size of that polar cap!

Welcome to SGL!

2 hours ago, F15Rules said:

Beautiful.

That should feature in this thread..

Was this scope one of Richard Days' (Skylight) or Mark Turners' (Moonraker) creations?

It reminds me very much of the 80mm F15 Meade 339 I had which Mark Turner built..

Dave

 

Wow what a beauty! also, there’s no way this telescope is balanced, no way.

2 minutes ago, fireballxl5 said:

A brief session observing big J using my Lyra 80mm f15 scope with 8mm Delos on my newly motorised AZ100.  Great🙂

 

Ooh this scope is interesting, it seems to be chrome or something shiny!

Welcome! 

1 minute ago, Stu said:

For some clear skies and for someone to not be too tired to put them out! 🤪

Sounds just like a 4” refractor, I would know.

1 hour ago, Stu said:

A warm welcome @Moonlit Knight. I’m sure you will find lots of good information and many friendly members here. There are also, as you see, many fellow worshippers of 4” refractors including myself. Last count was three of the little beggars 🤣

And what exactly do they beg you for? 😂

Welcome! I can see you have great taste! everyone should have a 4” refractor in their arsenal. No need to be nervous here, you’re in welcoming hands here on SGL.

Incredible, I can sense the distance between Io and Jupiter as though I was seeing it in 3D.

 "Pimp my dob" is hilarious! I look forward to posting my dob upgrades here 🤣

On 23/11/2022 at 13:25, Neil H said:

Thanks to Garry I now have this for my Mak

Oh you'll love it, I have been using it for about a year, best built and thought out red dot finder.