Simon Pepper

Thanks and point noted thankfully I do use an OAG so hopefully shouldn’t be too difficult to transition. Was lucky enough to get the reducer as well so will keep that on as you say not enough clear nights at f10! Decent comparison image above as well it does look quite a lot larger that the 8!

Makes sense. I don’t have a permanent setup yet but I am working on that. It will be my first SCT though so lots to learn I am sure after the initial excitement. Do you image with the reducer or use it at native? Thanks

I have a 9.25 on the way and I am so excited. Will you use bobs knobs or do they hold colimation well? Thanks

Saved as not used these before and they look really good. Thanks

@AstralFields thanks for this mine turned up today And better than I expected so will be making a start on this!

Amazing what an experience I bet! Going to have to travel to see one of these as won’t be around for the next one in the UK 😭

This is awesome! Where did you obtain the print out from? Thanks

I am in East Sussex I am about an hour from Ashford!

What and incredible thread of images well done to all! A very late in the day image here that's been sitting in my done pile for a long time an I forgot about it! Image was taken over two nights on the 19/01 and 26/01. Ha captured on the 19th and Oiii on the 26th. SW HEQ5 Pro, WO Redcat 51 Ha 51*300 Oiii 69*300 Imaged stacked and process in Pixinsight and drizzled 2* Thanks Simon

Welcome back!!

Here is another image taken in March I have just completed. I imaged M106 over three nights and used 10 hours of the data collected. Images were 180s long. Hopefully this qualifies within the rules as I do see several distant NGC and PGC catalogued galaxies as shown in the annotation. I just realised I didn't specify equipment on Markarians Chain above and it was the same here. Explore Scientific 127ed and I used ZWO2600 MC Pro cooled to -10. I cropped the image, but the annotated image was the uncropped version. Image was captured with 94 - 98% illuminated moon from Bortle 4.5 with no filters Thanks Simon

Here is my first entry here and hopefully not the last, but the weather has been absolutely shocking of late I think we can all agree on that (those in the UK that is)! A deep sky survey wouldn't be a deep sky one if Markarians Chain was not entered! As above this is a mere 4 hours of data at F7.5 shot at 180s. Image captured on the 20th March in a four hour window of no clouds or rain in the whole of March. I spent a while processing this trying to maximise what small integration time I had to work with. I am sure someone will do a bit more justice than mine when we finally get some clear nights. Unbelievably a clear night for me tonight, so its M106, so perhaps there will be another image entered Afterall. Thanks

That’s amazing I never knew the JWST could be imaged at its current point. Not sure my 5” refractor is up to that 😂

Thanks all I will try again when I have the patience. Criminally I did not take flats which has not helped and I have moved the camera orientation now but the master of the stars looks perfectly fine it’s when I come to try and stack the comet the issues occur. The left over from star trails is evident when stretching it’s a mess. As I said three comets in now and I still can’t figure it out. Where the hell is Russ with CometXterminator !

I am trying to process my third acquisition of comet data and yet again I am unable to do it. Spent hours stacking, aligning, messing about and the outcome with comets is always an utter mess. I have followed countless tutorials and none of them work for me. What am I doing wrong? Can anyone assist here or want to have a crack at my data? If not I will be buying Adam Blocks complete library as I have just about had it with these cold ice monsters!!!!