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Great set of images. I like the presentation.

Another spectacular aurora from a dark site in Hauganes, Iceland. This was the brightest I saw in our stay here. PXL_20230411_234448946.NIGHT.mp4 PXL_20230411_230544273.NIGHT~3.mp4

Looks great and the red edge gone.

Congratulations to the winners. Great set of images!

I meant more the edges. Although winjupos will be fine, the UV at least in my processing is a bit less sharp than the IR and harder to align correctly. The green will probably help with colour balance. Saying that your colour looks very nice.

That's a nice image with nice cloud details. If I were you, I would try align the IR layer more to the left to avoid the red fringing. I think that's a result of a less sharp UV edge. I see that with my captures too. I noticed you do not have a synthetic green as others usually do, including me. A reason for this?

Thanks. We were lucky to have 2 clear nights. The reds were visible by eye.

A second night of aurora activity, this time from Myvatn, Iceland. I drove up on the mountains to avoid the town lights and it was just amazing. From 11pm to 230am. PXL_20230408_230456035.NIGHT~2.mp4 PXL_20230409_014409159.NIGHT~2.mp4 PXL_20230409_010601846.NIGHT~2.mp4

With my limited experience, when I am in this situation, I take a few steps back in sharpening and see if they are there (but less obvious of course).

Nice set of images Stuart. The 25% stack seems sharper.

Thanks Carole. Getting out of the big cities you get to experience more of the real culture of a country as well. We are exploring the North this time. We did the South many years ago.

Very nice reprocess but as others have said a bit oversharpened from your usual standards. How did the original post look for comparison?

Thanks. I agree Akureyri is very nice including most towns outside Reykjavik.

I am in Iceland for Easter holidays and tonight we were treated to an amazing aurora display. These captures are with my Pixel 4a using nightsight and post editing with Google photos. PXL_20230406_235543363.NIGHT~2.mp4

Nice details and subtle colours.

Nice capture and the phase is showing nicely.

Great first light. Looking forward to more of your captures.

Another excellent set of sketches. Whenever I tried to observe Venus, I only get to see the phase. I don't have any visual filters to try and pick clouds. The bright spot is intriguing. I have seen a brighter side in my captures but I never thought much of it as I thought it may be due to processing. Again amazing visual skills!

Thanks for the kind words. I am very pleased with the camera as with my colour I had to go to 40-60ms too. I am not sure why you are struggling to get it below 50ms with the mono. When I had the mono on loan I was getting 9ms easily and I could have gone lower I think.i suppose thin clouds would have an impact, if there were any. I suppose the #47+IR cut you have doesn't show the same issue?

Stunning images. Your Aristarchus and the rimae are excellent; you have got it on the right lighting too. The setup is looking great.

Thanks Stuart. I get between 6-8K. I keep 70% in pipp and stack around 25% in as!3.

Excellent drawings and I am always amazed to see you observing/drawing clouds on Venus.

For capture, I aim for 40% histogram; I use a star of similar brightness to adjust settings. I then use the same for every fly over. I shoot a continuous video at 640x480 ROI for max fps but you can use the full sensor too. The above was with full sensor. Exposure between 0.7-1ms and gain to have the 40% histogram. I never capture if max pass is less than 60degrees as the atmospheric disturbance is awful. I start my video at 45-50 degrees and rising. I follow it with my RACI and never look at the laptop. I have done it so many times that I know the trajectory on my sky and I place the RACI a few degrees ahead to avoid motion noise. For processing, I use the ISS setting in PIPP with 70% white balance. I then go manually through my tiffs. if I have a sequence of continuous images of ISS with high details I stack them in as!3. Then a bit of registax and maybe astrosurface to bring the colours when I shoot in colour. Feel free to message me if you want more details. I hope you will manage it.

Thanks Stuart. Yes very pleased to have got my setup ready for planet season. Have you tried your new filter yet?

ps I would love to see a Venus session with your new setup.