last nights trip to the dark side...

[Blazar]

Well it seems that the weather forecast was spot on... a quick shot of Jove (though got another couple to go through but this was quite nice for the first one out of the bag! and a quite shot of Venus (as Knobby inspired me to have a go).

Thanks for looking.

[Space Cowboy]

Two excellent images Steve!

[xtreemchaos]

nice shots mate,thanks for sharing.

[cgarry]

Two excellent images.  Nice work.

Cheers,

Chris

[knobby]

Nice detail on Jupiter, Venus is weird to process, did you find it difficult ?

[Pete Presland]

Two very nice images. The Venus is a very sharp image much better than anything i have managed so far.

[Blazar]

Thanks gents. Knobby Venus was very odd to process...had to set up a new wavelet set-up, but it still needs some looking at. did three runs on it, but this was the only one using a barlow. 

[Sarah and Colins Astro]

Two great images there ... love the Venus image!

[astroman001]

Both very good images. Venus is particularly good.

Peter

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

two very nice images!

[sologuitarist61]

Excellent images and one of the best I have seen of Venus!

[Blazar]

Thank you all for the kind words. Still learning (and drooling over more aperture)....think this is the limits of the 800. Got another one just finished looking at, with a slightly higher gain setting than normal...not sure if its as nice as the first one.

[knobby]

So what's next then C11 or 14

[Blazar]

How about 16 inch RC..... ;-) mind you the 14 would be nice, but need a new mount....maybe get Daniel to lend me his equipment as he does not use it ;-)  (joke Dan!)

[knobby]

I'm so tempted to flog my C8 and get a 9.25 ...

[Blazar]

Think the 9.25 is a bit of an exception....the 11 or 14 is the best bet. I would still want to go for an Edge though....

[Stargazer33]

Very nice, love that image of Venus, very atmospheric!

[Coolhandjo]

Great image

[si@nite]

A couple of great shots Steve, particularly the venus image!

[Blazar]

Finished the last one of the three sets I took of Jupiter on the 23rd now.