Imaging in june, anyone?

[matt-c]

Anyone still out there imaging in the UK at this time of the year? (Im north east England around 54)

For the first time in months I've got a few hours of clear sky tonight trouble is its between 10pm and 1am is it actually dark enough to get anything?

The more gear i aqquire the more reluctant i am to set it up, strange times.

 

Cheers 

Matt

 

[ChrisLX200]

Yep :-) Sessions are short 'n sweet though. Narrow band filters are your best bet, and 11:30 to 2:30 is just about do-able.

ChrisH

[Pompey Monkey]

9 minutes ago, ChrisLX200 said:

Yep :-) Sessions are short 'n sweet though. Narrow band filters are your best bet, and 11:30 to 2:30 is just about do-able.

ChrisH

Assuming that it's clear...

This makes for interesting reading if you happen to live in a light polluted area:

https://darkskydiary.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/twilight-vs-light-pollution/

[ChrisLX200]

I captured this in the middle of June last year, so yes - I image right through the year whenever it's clear :-)

ChrisH

[DaveS]

Narrow Band is still just do-able, as Chris has just shown while I was typing. It helps though if your LP isn't contributing too much.

[ollypenrice]

It's perenially amazing to me how a small step south makes so much difference. I'm at Lat 44 and we get a minimum of about four hours' astronomical darkness. It's also the season for some of the most appealing targets from around the galactic centre. 

Olly

[matt-c]

Thanks guys, luckily i will be using narrowband so if the weather remains I'll get the gear out.

Also Chris excellent images !!! 

[matt-c]

47 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

It's perenially amazing to me how a small step south makes so much difference. I'm at Lat 44 and we get a minimum of about four hours' astronomical darkness. It's also the season for some of the most appealing targets from around the galactic centre. 

Olly

If only id carefully planned i could have booked up at your place and even managed to see a spot of football. 

My wife's not a fan of coincidences but a man can dream. 

[wimvb]

7 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

It's perenially amazing to me how a small step south makes so much difference. I'm at Lat 44 and we get a minimum of about four hours' astronomical darkness. It's also the season for some of the most appealing targets from around the galactic centre. 

Olly

... or a small step north (Lat 60); If I were to attempt imaging any time during the night, I could sit by my telescope and read a newspaper, printed version.

On the other hand, we're blessed with long dark nights and low noise conditions during the winter.

 

Cheers,

[ollypenrice]

4 minutes ago, wimvb said:

... or a small step north (Lat 60); If I were to attempt imaging any time during the night, I could sit by my telescope and read a newspaper, printed version.

On the other hand, we're blessed with long dark nights and low noise conditions during the winter.

 

Cheers,

Yes, in July/August 1981 I rode my motorbike up north of the arctic circle and experienced the strange feeling of having no darkness at all. I remember, also, that people still had their snowmobiles in their drives just uner simple covers. A land of extremes!

Olly

[wimvb]

On ‎2016‎-‎06‎-‎04 at 21:18, ollypenrice said:

Yes, in July/August 1981 I rode my motorbike up north of the arctic circle and experienced the strange feeling of having no darkness at all. I remember, also, that people still had their snowmobiles in their drives just uner simple covers. A land of extremes!

Olly

Yesterday I heard the reason for this: in the town of Kiruna they reported 4 deg C and snowfall. That is just two weeks before the celebration of the summer solstice.

Truly a land of extremes; ertainly not a land of summer astrophotography.

Cheers,