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Thanks tomato, much appreciated.

Yeah Rich, it's been really active and not maximum yet.

Thanks, appreciate your input. I wonder if the double edge is caused by atmospheric seeing.

I'm not going, I'd be tempted to much. I've no control being confronted with lots of shiny new things, lol.

I think in the UK seeing is the issue, only a very few time's are there time's when it's exceptionally good for high resolution planetary imaging. I use a 2.5x powermate for Jupiter and a 3x Barlow for Mars on my C11 with a Zwo camera. Take the image's when the planet is highest in the sky and still use an ADC. I've only just begun myself and still having failure after failure, seeing related. I try to get the highest frame rate possible. 2 mins for Jupiter and 3mins for Mars. Attached is my very best so far this season.

It was out briefly just at the right time between the trees and hills.

I had a Solarquest Mount and was great centering and tracking the sun. However I found cloud's in the UK would disrupt the tracking and was a pain using the little buttons on the mount to recentre. I went to the AZGTI mount and already had a spare hand controller so used that but the AZGTI is WiFi so you can use your phone. I use my old neq6 now as I've triple mounted solar scopes, lol. Beware the solar bug and going over from the dark side, lol. Joking aside, with the UK weather and clouds the Az-GTI. Pics of the Solarquest Mount

Thanks, much appreciated.

Hi, yeah, it's the B1200 and a mono camera. False colour added in photoshop.

Thanks Jeremy, all new learning curve than solar and with a new camera. still a long way to go.

Hi all sorry for the late post, only just got around to processing these from the 15th December. C11 and my new Zwo Asi 462mc camera first light.

Good discussion, nice and friendly too. We all have our preferences and constraints of income, well most, lol. I'm dreaming of an automated dome, oh goodness, do I start a controversial question over domes v RoR, lol. How many is to many, lol. How big does one go? Does an all sky camera count as an observatory, lol.

It's not in colour, lol 🤔

True, but I guess it depends on what you like to specialise in. I'm primarily solar and planetary. I'd like to to do more spectroscopy in the coming months but even that's imaging, lol.

I understand that it's the live view through the eyepiece that fire's up visual observer's as I get the same looking at the live feed on my screen. I'm 64 so appreciate being in the warm and the scopes under the sky. Especially at this time of year in the UK too.

I do get extraordinary views on the computer screen of the solar activity, especially when there's a lovely active flare or prominence over a few minutes. Image's of just five mins of activity. Obviously I'm seeing all the in between bits of it ebing and flowing until it dies down.

Thanks Jeremy for your comments. I've done nine day's of solar observations this December, think that's a record for me as the sun is at it's lowest point in the sky.

Thanks Jeremy, appreciate your comment's.

Thanks Jeremy, much appreciated.

Hi all, an unexpected solar session today between the showers. Lunt 60mm double stack pressure tuned solar telescope and lunt Cak bf1800 with a Bresser 127mm refractor.

Hi all, just got around to processing the boxing day solar session. Lunt 60mm double stack pressure tuned solar telescope and lunt Cak bf1800 with a Bresser 127mm refractor.

Thanks Mog3768, much appreciated. It is difficult this time of year for sure. I only have a window after noon of 2hrs.

Yeah, I'm very much imaging EEVA. I confess I have more Zwo cameras than eyepieces, lol. I tryed looking through the cameras but I confess I couldn't see a thing, lol.

Good discussion, thanks peps. It helps me understand. I blame marketing, lol....

It's OK Carole, I'll ask the questions that no one else will ask, lol.