Hawksmoor
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From the album: The Moon
Re worked last Full Moon to increase saturation and highlight changes in albedo which reflect surface mineralogy. Much harder to do on a full rather than partial disc. 66mm Altair Starwave ED and QHY5-111-462c . Well it whiled away an hour on a particularly wet and windy afternoon in Lowestoft. -
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From the album: The Moon
2nd clear night in March here on the East Coast. Managed one hour before it clouded up. Altair Lightwave 66mm ED scope on Star Adventurer EQ mount. QHY5111462c planetary camera. AS!3, Astrosharp, AstroClean, Affinity Photo2 with James Ritson's Lunar Macro. -
The sky has ben briefly clear for a change so captured some data. A spectrum from the carbon star La Superba and some video clips of the Full Moon. The Lunar data gave me the opportunity to try James Ritson's latest lunar disc macro for AFFP02 which was in his last update. Excellent for high definition, even when using my mini rig and 66mm Altair Lightwave scope. Have put image of Full Moon in my Moon Album. Still working on processing the spectrum.🧐
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In the absence of a clear sky to photograph for the 'Sky and Landscape' competition I made one up for a laugh.
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Just downloaded V17 James Ritson's excellent macros for Affinity Photo 2. Just tried out the solar coloriser and up to usual standard👍
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From the album: The Sun
06_03_2024. Went for some sunspot detail by adding in Teleue x3 Barlow lens to the imaging train. The poor seeing softened the view somewhat. Still musn't grumble! -
From the album: The Sun
Still no clear nights but the Sun came out to play on the 6th of March. Set up my 127mm Meade apo refractor and attached my newish QHY5111462c camera. A bit hazy so detail a bit sketchy but at least I got to capture some photons from nearby. -
It is literally 'end of days' or should that be nights? Even the robotic scopes on the top of Mount Teide have been wreathed in cloud!😶🌫️
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From the album: Backyard Astronomy
Last gasp of Orion and chums. Living by the Sea is no joke in the unreliable weather stakes. I looked out the window and could see stars last night, so I got my mini rig out (not a euphemism), literally 10 minute set up time. I had six minutes of data with my modded Canon 200d and Sigma EX lens at f=12mm and ISO3200, before the clouds turned up with a vengeance. Amazing what detail you can pull out of inadequate data with modern software and AI based data reduction algorithms. -
From the album: Backyard Astronomy
A part of the Jelly Fish Nebula imaged with the COAST Robotic Telescope SHO filters. Credit Open Observatories Open University telesope.org. My fall back position when the weather in Lowestoft is 'mega pants'. It also gives me an opportunity to do 'narrow band' imagery. -
From the album: Backyard Astronomy
The Monkey Head Nebula imaged with the COAST Robotic Telescope SHO filters. Credit Open Observatories Open University telesope.org. My fall back position when the weather in Lowestoft is 'mega pants'. It also gives me an opportunity to do 'narrow band' imagery. -
I quite like being a stargazer. Sounds slightly ‘dreamy’ yet thoughtful. I occasionally refer to myself as an ‘astrophotographer’ but advisedly only in front of folks who have never seen one of my photos. Stargazer will do fine for me! George in overcast Lowestoft but not downcast because I have ‘fish pie’ for tea!🐟🐟🥔🥧
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From the album: Backyard Astronomy
Interesting part of Gemini showcasing the open star clusters Messier 35 and NGC2158, the Jelly Fish Nebula IC443 and the Monkey Head Nebula NGC2174. Un-modded Canon 600d DSLR and Samyang 135mm lens at F2 on a Star Adventurer EQ mount. A stack of 30x2minute subs at ISO800. taken from our Backyard in Oulton Broad Suffolk in the early hours of 02-02-2024. Stacked and cropped using Affinity Photo2 etc. -
From the album: Comets, Meteors and Asteroids
A slightly better night (01 -02-2024) but clouds coming and going interrupted imaging. Canon 600d DSLR and 135mm Samyang lens. Stars reduced to highlight the faint periodic comet inching towards the Hyades. -
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From the album: Comets, Meteors and Asteroids
In my defence it was a very wispyhigh cloud night with a waning Moon rising. I think I found thhe periodic Comet 144P/Kushida but it must be tiny as well as faint. This image is from a stack of 20 second lights taken with my Canon 600d DSLR and a Samyang 135mm lens at Iso1600. Where Stellarium said it should be, I found a faint bluish-green smudge but I stand to be corrected! Anyway I never was any good at image scale. -
Last night there was a short window of opportunity and I spent thirty or so minutes in the backyard with my 8x40 bins. The full Moon was quite beautiful and bearing in mind it’s brightness my bins delivered lots of detail for my old eyes to appreciate. The Hyades and Pleiades always deliver, even in moonlight but I could not detect the comet lurking near the Hyades. George with sunlight streaming in through the window in Lowestoft.
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Cracking bit of kit!
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From the album: The Moon
Lots of Moonlight last night (23:01:2024) but could just make out the Aldebaran and the Seven Sisters. The Pleiades were quite romantic by moonlight so I didn't remove it in the processing. Blend of two stacks with my Canon 600d DSLR a f=35mm and ISO800. -
From the album: Backyard Astronomy
Two crops taken from my Samyang 135 and astro-modded Canon 200d with Triband filter. 1hrs worth of 1 minute exposures ISO1600 before the mist made an appearance. The Trapezium was added from an image taken somewhile ago with my 125mm apo scope as was otherwise burnt out. -
From the album: Backyard Astronomy
Strange night started off clear and then gradually misted up. Blended two stacks from modded Canon 200d DSLR plus Triband filter and Samyang 135mm lens all on Star Adventurer EQ. Made for a misty colourful image LoL.. -
A very beautiful image with a very subtle use of colour!
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