The Sun - 18th July 2013

[David Smith]

Shot at around 07:30 this morning with some haze to contend with. I knew I would not have time to shoot anything this evening so had to grab what I could get. Shot 130, stacked and processed 79.

20130718 by David_The_Bears_Fan, on Flickr

[Bizibilder]

Very nice too!

[DrRobin]

Very nice David.

Robin

[Steve Ward]

Early wins the day again ....

Was dripping by seven forty-five today , not a good way to start a day ...

[allcart]

Don't know how you find the time before work. You're getting too good at this now David.

[David Smith]

Thanks Allan. The recently acquired kit really has made a huge difference.

I can be setup in 10 minutes, capture 130 frames in 1.5 minutes and packed away again in another 10 minutes! That combined with the fact I do not go into the office until 9 o'clock mean I can get a session in before work without too much hassle.

The new scope is a huge improvement over my 80mm, its better optically and the increased aperture means focusing is easier and shutter speeds are higher . The mount is much more stable than that with the SL80 as well so I don't see the whole thing shake as the shutter trips which must be helping image quality.

I know they say a poor workman blames his tools (or something like that) but each tool has it's limitations!

[AstroWolvy]

very crisp disc

[Montana]

Fabulous! lots of tiny spots in the south

Alexandra