Sun in Whitelight 22nd May 2016 10:15 BST.

[Steve Ward]

Poor seeing and 50% cloud cover by the time I dragged myself vertical , grabbed one quick set of 100 and stacked 27 ... managed to catch the tiny pore following the biggie though ... 

1000D + Tal 100RS + 1.4 x Barlow + ND3.8 + OIII.

1/200s @ ISO 100 , 27/100 , PIPP , AS!2 , Reg 6 , Gimp 2.8.

 

 

[Davey-T]

Nicely done Steve, set up here and had some spots of rain so unset, not looking hopeful ATM.

Dave 

[Bizibilder]

Well done Steve - it was tricky today with all the cloud cover.

[xtreemchaos]

great shots Steve, looks like you have the same weather as me. darn clouds.well done.thanks  charl.

[Steve Ward]

Cheers guys , it was clear here first thing according to Sat24 , but spent too long last night waiting for a gap to grab Mars that never arrived so was a bit slow out of the blocks this morning ... 

[DrRobin]

Nice one Steve.  It started clear and bright but clouded up here as well.  I am waiting for my go at Mars, trouble is it doesn't clear the house roof for my 10" so will have to set up a 4" frac in the garage.

Robin

[Steve Ward]

Thanks Robin ,

Both Mars and Saturn are proving elusive this year and I fear it's going to get harder before it gets easier ... 

[Drop Of Sun]

Nice one, Steve. Well done on the pore and of course the big 'un.

Ah, that's why you were slow out of the blocks. I went to bed late and figured that would mean clear in the morning. Woke up not too late, checked sat24, and hared it downstairs...

 

[Pete Presland]

Still good disc despite the cloud's. 

[David Smith]

Nice one Steve. I was a bit slow getting up this morning too, consequently is was clear and sunny

[paulastro]

Well done Steve, especially in such challenging conditions.

[laudropb]

Very nice disc.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Good catch. Apart from the big spot and some faculae, there only seems to be a little pore east of centre. No luck here at all. Looks like the whole week will be wasted.

[Steve Ward]

The pore was ideal , I prefer to use them to focus on as a little one side or the other and they tend to disappear in poor seeing , get focus nailed and they are on show ... 

Edited May 23, 2016 by Steve Ward