29% Waning at Dawn - 2021-09-01

[WestCoastCannuck]

Was a good start to the month.   Had very little time....   left later this day for a few days vacay with fam. 

Full disc at prime with 140.:

 

 

 

Then I tried and failed at one attempt at a higher rez mosaic.   Took the top limb twice though....  and was great both times.  Something went wrong on my much larger bottom panel.

Both top parts here:

The larger shot....

And a colourized version 

 

Runnning out of time, I switched to the Vixen and left both the 1.4X and the 183 on and went for ROI closeups.  Results....  OK.

They are both the best 300 of 5000 frames.   VMC200L + 183MM + 520nm filter.  All shots uploaded above and below are 100% size.   All processing done with PIPP, AS!3, Astra Image and Lightroom.

 

EDIT...  just for fun, to compare with the above two 8 inch shots...  here is the same 140 shot from earlier above redone with 1.5X drizzle.

 

 

Clear skies!!

 

Mike

Edited September 5, 2021 by WestCoastCannuck
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[neil phillips]

Very fine detail in that full mosaic Mike. Just lovely 

[Pete Presland]

Very nicely captured Mike, looks superb at the full size.

[Trevor N]

Agree with the comments above 😁

[Sunshine]

These are some great images!

[WestCoastCannuck]

11 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Very fine detail in that full mosaic Mike. Just lovely 

Thanks much Neil!   I thought it interesting my last upscaled image from the 140 seems to surpass my 8 inch efforts.   More evidence that 140mm is the sweet spot for my local seeing.

10 hours ago, Pete Presland said:

Very nicely captured Mike, looks superb at the full size.

Thanks Pete!  :)))))

1 hour ago, Trevor N said:

Agree with the comments above 😁

Thanks much Trevor!  Hope you are well!

1 hour ago, Sunshine said:

These are some great images!

Thanks Sunshine! 

[neil phillips]

So far i kind of have to agree. Your best results do seem to be coming from the 140. The level of fine detail. speaks volumes on the quality and figure of that lens i reckon Mike. You ever thought about trying planets with it ? 

[WestCoastCannuck]

5 hours ago, neil phillips said:

So far i kind of have to agree. Your best results do seem to be coming from the 140. The level of fine detail. speaks volumes on the quality and figure of that lens i reckon Mike. You ever thought about trying planets with it ? 

You know....  I have never tried shooting planets yet.  lol.  One day I will try it.