Sun 29th Jan 2017

[DrRobin]

Hi,

I am feeling quite chuffed astronomy wise this weekend.  I have modified the baffles on my RC250TT to block a light leak which is spoiling my night time pictures, I cleaned the primary mirror and made a few adjustments to the mount and re-routed a few cables and I have managed to clean all of the dust out of my night camera so looking forwards to getting some good results next clear night.  I even sold my C11 last weekend.

Oh and apparently it was sunny today.

12 pane mosaic, Zenithstar 80mm, Quark, 0.5x FR, ASI174mm

Although there was a lot of clear sky here today, the seeing wasn't up to much, still at least there are a couple of spots to have a go at, which is more than we have had recently.   Taken over a late brekkie after watching Star Wars last night.

CaK and some close ups to follow.

[Ibbo!]

nice work

[DrRobin]

Thanks Steve,

This has been my first imaging session since my Xmas holiday, a combination of cloudy skies, little activity and freezing cold have all played their part.  This morning however, was different, there was some real warmth in the sun, imaging from the garage with a cup of coffee, no jacket required and slippers on the feet.

Prior to Ha, I had a go at Calcium K

Zenithstar 80mm, Lunt CaK module, ASI174mm

Forecast says clear for tonight, it is overhead at the moment, but there is enough cloud around for that to change.

 

[DrRobin]

Calcium K close ups

2x barlow

 

3x barlow

From the look of the image the 3x barlow was pushing it too far for the seeing.

[Davey-T]

A good weekend then, like Christmas all over again  love Ca-K images, been a bit thin on the ground lately.

Dave

[David Smith]

Great set Robin

[johnfosteruk]

Glad you had a good day for it Robin. It's been cloudy and wet here since my last session on the 23rd apart from one day when typically I was too busy.

[xtreemchaos]

great shots Robin, I'm impressed you got some sun mate with the weather, nothing here for two days, looks like I will be sulking for a few days more with forcast.  thanks , charl.

[Pete Presland]

Nice set of images.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice collection. Lovely detail in both H-alpha and Ca-K

[DrRobin]

Thanks guys.

Now that I take another look at the Ha, I am really pleased with how it came out.  It has stitched together perfectly and even though the contrast and features looked a little washed out on the laptop screen at the time of capture it has processed well.

Of course it has been wall to wall wind, rain and cloud ever since.

Robin