jupiter 8th oct 4" refractor

[neil phillips]

Was out observing and decided to take a couple 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2021 by neil phillips

[callisto]

Love the "wider" shot with the moons in 

I'll have to give my 127 Achro a bash on Jupiter also

 

Mark

[callisto]

Just now, callisto said:

Love the "wider" shot with the moons in 

I'll have to give my 127 Achro a bash on Jupiter also

 

Mark

Sorry, just realised you used the 120mm 🤪

[JAC51]

23 minutes ago, callisto said:

Love the "wider" shot with the moons in 

I'll have to give my 127 Achro a bash on Jupiter also

 

Mark

I agree really like the wide shop.

 

[neil phillips]

2 hours ago, callisto said:

Sorry, just realised you used the 120mm 🤪

Hi Mark no it was the 102 F11 starwave. Not bad for only 4"

[neil phillips]

1 hour ago, JAC51 said:

I agree really like the wide shop.

 

Cheers JAC Suffolk here too. 

[Franklin]

Your pics are amazing. I have a Starwave 4" f/11 and although the view through the eyepiece is great, seeing permitting, it's nothing like your images. You must have nailed the planetary imaging technique. 👍

[Ian McCallum]

Stunning!

[neil phillips]

16 minutes ago, Franklin said:

Your pics are amazing. I have a Starwave 4" f/11 and although the view through the eyepiece is great, seeing permitting, it's nothing like your images. You must have nailed the planetary imaging technique. 👍

 Hi Franklin. Been imaging over 20 years. First started using sony camcorders on a 7" Mak eyepeice. Though now my cameras are a lot better. Seeing was good.  Testing the Starwave last night with a 9mm eyepeice shows nice patterns. With textbook collimation. Reminds me of  the patterns i was seeing with my  Meade 7" F15 Maksutov. Very tight images. Do you have the white or red one ? 

Thanks for the comments much appreciated

[neil phillips]

17 minutes ago, Ian McCallum said:

Stunning!

Cheers Ian. Its fun out there using different instruments. 

[Franklin]

2 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

Do you have the white or red one ? 

Mine is the Ascent 102ED f/11 in white. Managed a star test with a 6mm BCO and Solar Continuum filter and the extra-focal patterns were very encouraging. Inside focus was almost textbook but at outside focus the pattern was a little less defined, so there may be a hint of spherical aberration but I'm not complaining, the views are stunning when the seeing allows. I watched an Io shadow transit the other week and it all looked etched. Very nice refractors for the money. 👍

[neil phillips]

17 hours ago, Franklin said:

Mine is the Ascent 102ED f/11 in white. Managed a star test with a 6mm BCO and Solar Continuum filter and the extra-focal patterns were very encouraging. Inside focus was almost textbook but at outside focus the pattern was a little less defined, so there may be a hint of spherical aberration but I'm not complaining, the views are stunning when the seeing allows. I watched an Io shadow transit the other week and it all looked etched. Very nice refractors for the money. 👍

This is the non ED glass version here. (Schott i believe though not certain ? or other quality glass )  Star testing One side is often better than the other. Ive yet to see any scope identical. The holy grail.  I think these doublets came before the ED versions hit these shores. Smilar performance. With a tad less colour correction. Yes nice tight contrasty refractors. At a very good price

Edited October 10, 2021 by neil phillips

[Franklin]

4 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

Yes nice tight contrasty refractors. At a very good price

Definitely agree with that, I'm very pleased with this one. I've never heard any bad reports on these scopes, ED or Achro. Might even be tempted to get a webcam and have a dabble in the near future. Solar/Lunar snapshots?

[neil phillips]

1 minute ago, Franklin said:

Definitely agree with that, I'm very pleased with this one. I've never heard any bad reports on these scopes, ED or Achro. Might even be tempted to get a webcam and have a dabble in the near future. Solar/Lunar snapshots?

Yes you should try Franklin. It sounds like you would enjoy it. Many cheap good cameras available now. Good luck if you try. And thanks again for the nice comments

[Pete Presland]

Superb images, especially for such a modest aperture.

[01012f]

Great captures, the wide shot is amazing 👍

[neil phillips]

3 hours ago, 01012f said:

Great captures, the wide shot is amazing 👍

Many thanks

[HiveIndustries]

Wow very nice, I have to ask, is that Suffolk, NY or the UK/some other UK colony? Tell me it's NY and you can tell me of a good dark site out there

There's one place out by Montauk I want to try but I think I gotta go way outside of NYC, west, to get good dark sites.

[neil phillips]

16 minutes ago, HiveIndustries said:

Wow very nice, I have to ask, is that Suffolk, NY or the UK/some other UK colony? Tell me it's NY and you can tell me of a good dark site out there

There's one place out by Montauk I want to try but I think I gotta go way outside of NYC, west, to get good dark sites.

Hi sorry no UK here. Planets dont really need dark sky. Though the outer planets might benefit. I have a bright yellow sodium lamp going right into my garden here. It really only effects the  sky background in images. Deepsky is another matter. And dark skies benefit a lot of course.

[HiveIndustries]

7 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Hi sorry no UK here. Planets dont really need dark sky. Though the outer planets might benefit. I have a bright yellow sodium lamp going right into my garden here. It really only effects the  sky background in images. Deepsky is another matter. And dark skies benefit a lot of course.

 

I mean, that's really all I get to see, at all, in Bortle 9. Just saw the word "Suffolk" and was like, "maybe he knows good spots?"

I'll figure out the best local spots on long island when I get involved in some more in-person stuff out there. In spire of the entire island being Bortle 8+ there appears to be some good stuff and shops out there. I think the best of the best is driving 1.5 hours for a Bortle 4-5.