The Sun 3 October 2012 white light

[Bizibilder]

Today's effort, low over the neighbours fence after getting home from work.

[JamesF]

Are those different stacks for the first two images, Roger? There's a definite stacking artefact in the second one that I can't see in the first at all.

James

[JamesF]

Well, I say "definite". It doesn't look like it belongs there to me

James

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice captures again. I am not sure I understand what differences James is talking about.

[JamesF]

Here's where I mean:

There's a sort of twisted smudge that's very similar in shape in both circles and really doesn't look like it belongs. I don't think you use AS!2, but I've seen it do that sort of thing a fair bit with my images

James

[JamesF]

Nice captures again. I am not sure I understand what differences James is talking about.

It's very odd, certainly. They leapt out of the second image at me, but I can't for the life of me see them in the first.

James

[Bizibilder]

The Sun was so low and about to drop below the neighbours fence (I was already imaging through the Buddliea!!!) that I didn't bother taking flats - hence the dust bunnies. I zapped them with the spot healing brush on the plain image!

Actually I goofed on the processing - I put all the text etc and saved the annotated image - Then realised that I'd not saved the "plain one" so I went back through the History on PS and got back to the unadorned image I needed. Then zapped the dust bunnies!. What is amazing is that I got found out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JamesF]

Sorry Roger. For a while there I was almost sure I was seeing things

James

[Bizibilder]

No worries!

[Steve Ward]

He's certainly getting trickier to capture , I've never paid that much attention to his path across the sky before this year , amazing how quick he drops lower day by day.

And it's only October !

Just started to sort an elevated (12') pier to give myself a fighting chance through the winter campaign.

Steve

[JamesF]

When you order the cherry-picker, we want photos of that, too

James

[Steve Ward]

Just a 4"x4" post anchored to the patio at the base and positioned just far enough off the wall to allow the scope to swing ,

Braced at high level to the wall and situated so that I can pop the scope onto the mount out of the bedroom window , should give me a shot right through the cold dark times.

Will sort some pics when it's done , just making the part to take the mount head.

Steve

[JamesF]

"Of course it won't stick out like a sore thumb, dear. You can grow clematis up it during the summer..."

James

[Steve Ward]

The joys of being a single chappie , none of that "yes dear , no dear" palaver . . . .

May turn the bottom section into an imaging station , lappie holder , cupholder , etc . . the possibilities are endless . . . . .

[kev]

Steve, watch out for themal currents on still nights if you do that.

Biz, great pics!

[JamesF]

Oh, Steve! Why didn't we think of that before! If it's too cloudy during the day, do your solar imaging at night!

I feel so daft now.

James

[Montana]

Great images Roger

Alexandra