SalehRam

Hi all, I've got to the point where I have to make a decision for my first solar steps. Currently I have seen the sun through only a white light filter and I am itching for Ha views. So here comes the question: I am going to start saving anyways to get to buy Ha capable stuff. My options are: 80mm f/5 normal achromat (Meade Infinity 80mm) + Quark; or Lunt 60 single stack, then I later save another $1600 to double stack it... I got lost between the pros/cons of the 2 options here... Like I would love to get both if I can afford and just rest my brain but I got only to choose one.. Would love any input or feedback on this! Regards

Hi all, 4 days ago I had a session to image Jupiter GRS, however due to some unknown factors, I did not get the quality that I needed from the images and I was not happy. Having that itch for 4 days to do something good, I just got the laptop, and the camera and took some videos for Jupiter (and again I did not like what I had) and some more videos for Saturn. Considering my main goal Jupiter has gone out of the window field of view, and the fact I still screwed up the the videos, I thought why not take a long video for Saturn and see what will I get. So I ended up with this: Tech stuff: Telescope: Celestron Omni XLT102 (4" f/9.8) Camera: ZWO ASI224MC w/ 2x barlow, Baaded FK + UV/IR cut filters stacked Took videos through SharpCap, processed with PIPP, AutoStakkert, and Registax. Did some color fixes using GIMP I captured a 10 minutes video with exposure of 450ms and gain of 150, that gave me about 1200 frames to work with. Also captured 3 minutes of dark frames (400) Taken throughout the window (as usual )