AstroNebulee

7 hours ago, M40 said:

Hello all, I am trying to sort out a portable setup using the az gti and asiair.  The az gti is alt az and eq mode updated. I can access both modes using either the handset or the phone app, but I can't find a method of connecting to the mount with the asiair and use alt az mode. Am I missing something or is it not possible?

I link between mount and asiair with an eqmod cable and I have tried selecting both eqmod mount and az mount in the asiair software, both drive the mount but it seems to be expecting the mount to be on the wedge. Any pointers would be most welcome, I am up to page 30 in the thread and havent spotted anything. Ta much.

I don't think it's possible to run the AzGti and air as Elp says. 

There's a thread of the zwo forum here. 

https://bbs.zwoastro.com/d/12294-az-gti-in-altaz-mode/48

It's probably easier to get a wedge or as Elp said use sky safari or stellarium to control your mount without the air. I can use both stellarium and sky safari pro for controling my AzGti in alt az for visual. I woukd think this would work for short exposure imaging too. 

Lee 

8 hours ago, Gerr said:

Nice Pano Lee! You've got the arch, core, etheral looking mist and a little andromeda too! Rare for UK skies! Well done.

Thank you Geraint. Very kind of you. It was the kind of night you didn't want it to stop. 

Clear skies

Lee 

2 hours ago, inedible_hulk said:

Awesome 😎

1 hour ago, Paul M said:

Brilliant!

I wouldn't know where to start.

Thank you both, I really appreciate your kind comments. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

31 minutes ago, WolfieGlos said:

That's a superb image Lee, congrats and nice work.

Thank you so much. It was an amazing night. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

43 minutes ago, davew said:

You've made a lovely job of that Lee, well done.

Lateral thinking at its best    I saw your other version but this one concentrates on the mist.

Dave.

33 minutes ago, mareman48 said:

Lovely Pic lee,

I'm not  that Fram from you ( Dorset)  and wish my skies were like that.

Very nice work.

Pat

Thank you both, so very much. 😊 It was to good an opportunity to miss getting this shot in, I just love how the quarry just hoovers up the mist (it rarely does that as the village is generally full of mist when it comes in here) . I'd been up most of the night with the dslr and milky-way and no work the next day so thought I'll go on a bit longer.

I am yet to process the landscape milky-way image and going to use another one of the mist filled quarry images for the foreground 

The skies aren't always like this, it's been a long time coming with clear skies, no moon and no work night. 

Clear skies

Lee 

My Dslr version of the Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall engulfed in mist. The quarry is over 425ft deep and 1.5 miles around. Imaged just after a good milky-way photography session. You can just make out the teapot asterim and Scorpius, with the fading milky-way. Taken on 4th May 2024 at 4.15am. Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, 1600iso 1/60. 2 images stitched together in Microsoft ICE and processed in Photoshop cs4. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

My Dslr version of the Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall engulfed in mist. The quarry is over 425ft deep and 1.5 miles around. Imaged just after a good milky-way photography session. You can just make out the teapot asterim and Scorpius, with the fading milky-way. Taken on 4th May 2024 at 4.15am. Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, 1600iso 1/60. 2 images stitched together in Microsoft ICE and processed in Photoshop cs4. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

51 minutes ago, FenlandPaul said:

Wow look at that mist!! Amazing. Great work, Lee - love it.

Thank you Paul, you're to kind. It was interesting watching the quarry hoover up the mist as it rolled along keeping very low, until it found its way into the quarry. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

The Milky way arch panorama taken over a mist engulfed Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall on 4th May 2024.

Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens

Sky is made up of 10 panels, each consisting of 15 x 13sec images 6400iso stitched together.

Panorama created with Microsoft ICE and processed in Photoshop cs4. 

Foreground is stitched together and taken during astronomical twilight 13secs 1600iso F4 lenr. Worth a click and turn. 

Cheers 

Lee 

The Milky way arch panorama taken over a mist engulfed Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall on 4th May 2024.

Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens

Sky is made up of 10 panels, each consisting of 15 x 13sec images 6400iso stitched together. Panorama created with Microsoft ICE and processed in Photoshop cs4. 

Foreground is stitched together and taken during astronomical twilight 13secs 1600iso F4 lenr. Worth a click and turn. 

Not as good as my 2023 arch.

Clear skies 

Lee 

 Brilliant Mike, I'm really pleased you got to get she scope out it was a really beautiful clear night down here wasn't it. 

Superb images and the Atlas one is to keep an eye on isn't it as it will get much bright u the end of the year or is that Tshususnusn?

Clear skies 

Lee 

Amazing Paul. Loved the intro, if you don't quite get to grips with this Widefield astrophotography lark 😉 you've got a job in directing and screenplay 👍. 

A simply amazing location with your stunning images. 

Hopefully some new Widefield astrophotographers were awakened that night with both your guidance and expertise. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

10 hours ago, FenlandPaul said:

Completely agree with Dave - the best MW timelapses have some good cloud action in there too. These are great, Lee, and well done for getting up early to do them. 👏👏

Life has been more relaxed since I embraced a bit of cloud. Just don’t tell the deep sky imagers!!

Thank you Paul, that is really very kind of you. I must admit too it's a little more relaxed now I don't do deep sky imaging and many more opportunities to get out and about with the dslr and watching the night sky. (just need no clouds on Saturday early hours) so let's hope for more early hours milky-way imaging soon. 

I hope you've been enjoying some journal opportunities. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

10 hours ago, clarkpm4242 said:

Could be a NOSS Triplet or similar, with favourable illumination nearing dawn and 'flaring'...

It could well be Paul. I've read up a bit on them and wasn't sure they'd get that bright even with flaring. In the video timelapse they appear almost as bright as some of the ISS passes. 

More investigation needed, I still like the space debris theory 😉

Clear skies 

Lee 

8 hours ago, davew said:

Hi Lee,

Up until quite recently I cursed the clouds whenever they moved in on me  I always thought they ruined a good timelapse until a few friends pointed out that a few clouds add even more interest and movement to the scene. I like the first video as you've three main points of movement ie, stars, distant low and bright cloud and the wispy stuff rolling through. I rate the video and would have liked to see a bit more if you still have it.

However, cloud can be a real nuisance if you intend to stack as it often ( Well it does for me ) ruins the photo. 

Loved the debris,

Dave.

Hi Dave 

That's very kind of you to say, I'm pleased you like both the videos. Sadly I don't have anymore of that particular timelapse as I was trying to keep Scorpio in the frame, so I had to reframe the dslr at each occasion Scorpio was about to disappear. 

I agree that clouds make a timelapse too, giving more movement. Though the purpose of my session was to get frames to stack and because of the clouds I decided to keep firing away and hopefully make up a timelapse video. There maybe some usable subs to stack but I'm pinning all my hopes Fridays weather forecast is correct and can get the milky-way subs to stack. 

Thank you again and clear skies. 

Lee

I watched the weather forecast on the net office and it offered clear skies for the early hours of 1-5-24. Brilliant I thought no moon, still dark and hoping to grab some milky-way core action. 

Sadly stubborn cloud stayed most of my session before I called it quits as the moon was starting to rise and Dawn breaking. 

Here is the best offer of a timelapse I can show and also a much shorter timelapse of said meteor like objects or I think space debris (as I posted in the what did you see tonight thread) taken over looking the Delabole Slate Quarry in our village. 

Hopefully I have a few frames I can stack and process as the milky-way was looking beautiful last night in the clear gaps. 

Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens 13 sec exposures and created in windows timelapse maker. Better viewed by clicking and in landscape orientation. 

Hoping Friday night into Saturday early hours will be clear for some better milky-way core imaging. 

Clear skies

Lee 

3 hours ago, mcrowle said:

Many thanks, @FenlandPaul and @AstroNebulee! Various forecasts have Friday night, into Saturday, clear, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there's finally an imaging session.

Hoping to locate and image comets C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (in Virgo) and C/2021 S3 PANSTARRS (in Cygnus).

Regards, Mike

 

Yes I'm watching that weather window with interest Mike. Looking to get more milky-way imaging done before we lose the darkness and no moon about. I had a quick go last night, some clearish patches, so may have something to play with but stubborn high cloud was around. 

Good luck and clear skies 

Lee 

EDITED TO ADD TIMELAPSE OF METEORS/DEBRIS... Whilst out in the vain hope of capturing the milky-way this morning I saw this on the back of my dslr at around 3.10am. I didn't catch it by eye as I was looking at the great rift at the time. Not seen 3 meteors before and definitely not satellites or planes. Maybe some space debris. They are travelling from the north to south above scorpio. 

I did also see a further 2 single meteors during my session to the east. Along with the ISS at 3.37am. The milky-way session was plagued by some stubborn high clouds. 

A good session and nice to be out under the stars with along with the owls out hunting and hearing their calls. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

Lovely reprocessed image Mike. You've still got a good amount of stars in it too. 

I hope you get a clear night for deep sky imaging soon. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

Beautiful image around Geraint. 👌

Well done. Clear skies 

Lee 

3 hours ago, clarkpm4242 said:

Am a fan of the standing stones/boulders 

Hope you get opportunities to do more, Paul.

3 hours ago, The Admiral said:

I particularly like the pictures with the foreground stones, they add interest and counterpoint to the heavens.

Ian

Thank you both so much. I too am a big fan of the Slatehenge stones and my favourite is the single standing stone one. It feels something like from the stone or neolithic age. I'm hoping that with the moon out the way Friday and Saturday long range forecast maybe ok. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

5 minutes ago, Vic L S said:

Thanks for sharing! 

Seems like the Samyang (the 135mm and 14mm) is popular. I have a 650D that was gifted to me, I just need to get a lens to go with it. 

Did you have to do any cropping as you stacked the image on Sequator? 

I love my samyang 14mm f2.8 lens and use it all the time, I bought it from mpb.com. 

You can use the 18-55mm kit lens if it came with your dslr using it a 18mm, it's what I used to do. 

I don't usually crop the image after Sequator as its over a very short period of time so the frame won't move much at all with the 14mm lens. 

Lee 

25 minutes ago, Vic L S said:

This is gorgeous. I'd like to try milkyway photography at some point. 

Mind sharing your gear info? 

 

Thank you so much. 

Sorry I thought I had added it to my post ( I have done this now) 

It's taken with a Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens on a static tripod. 

Lee 

8 hours ago, inedible_hulk said:

Superb 😎

Thank you that's very kind of you. 

Lee 

I have worked on a few composites using the same sky I shot over the quarry with other areas near to the quarry to the right of it a beyond by a 100 yards or so. The village has a slate henge which comprises of huge slate boulders attached in various ways, the placement was made in the early 2000s I believe which is high up and overlooks the south, so great for upcoming milky-way action. 

The composites foregrounds (which I took a few days before) will be hopefully used in future projects involving the night sky and milky-way. Especially using light painting of the boulders. 

Clear skies 

Lee