23.03.2020 Milking it for all it's worth!

[Rusted]

Milky sky, thin cloud and a nasty, cold, SE wind.

I'm getting a misty kind of "background noise" on my prom images.

Best so far:  40% of 2000 frames 640x480, SharpCap, AS!2, PhotoFiltre7, cropped and then enlarged.

160mm D-ERF, iStar 150/10 H-a, Beloptik KG3, Baader 35nm H-a, PST etalon, Lunt B1200S2 BF,  ASI174MM.
 

 

[Pete Presland]

Some pretty good detail still there in that prom.

[Rusted]

17 minutes ago, Pete Presland said:

Some pretty good detail still there in that prom.

Thanks Pete.

As the sun moves across the sky I should get progressively more shelter from the wind.
Hopefully the sun will climb out of the misty stuff too.

I wonder if anybody has ever loaded their telescope with weights to keep it still in the wind?
Increase the moment until it exceeds the applied wind forces.

[Altocumulus]

Nice one!

"background noise" is that newton's rings? Or something from the conditions. Not heard of photofiltre, so thanks for the nudge.

 

Chill wind here too, but thick cloud.

[Rusted]

Thanks Geoff.

The noise is from the sky conditions.

I am using far more gain than usual in SharpCap. Normally Gain is set to Nil. 0.

The prom at 4 o'clock is superb! Just like a flame.
I just can't get a decent shot of it in this wind!

Best I can do with cropping:

 

[Altocumulus]

Cheers back.

That one looks like a chandelier about to fall off!

[Pete Presland]

2 hours ago, Rusted said:

Thanks Geoff.

The noise is from the sky conditions.

I am using far more gain than usual in SharpCap. Normally Gain is set to Nil. 0.

The prom at 4 o'clock is superb! Just like a flame.
I just can't get a decent shot of it in this wind!

Best I can do with cropping:

 

Unusual looking shape, it will be interesting to see how it develops