13th Jan hi res critical sampling added

[neil phillips]

Got a few to go through, Some from yesterday capturing through fog. Tonight better levels helped me speed the exposure up nicely. 2x celestron Ultima barlow Orion 245mm Newtonian F6.3  Player one IR685 EQ5 Mount Single axis sw drive.

Going to get a dual axis drive soon. As will help with drift. At the moment having to use slow motion controls. And at this resolution with such a big scope on a small mount. Its causing a lot of wobble. Running through Pipp helps here. 

Downsized to 75% helps with the oversampling.  Click for full size

 

 

 

Full size less levels more frames

 

Edited January 15, 2022 by neil phillips

[neil phillips]

Copernicus 2X  Celestron Ultima barlow Orion 245 F6 Newt zwo 178mm camera EQ5 mount IR 685

75% and Full size

 

8" Classical cassegrain F12 Baarder 610 longpass Filter zwo 178mm camera EQ5 mount 12 Jan capturing through fog

Edited January 14, 2022 by neil phillips

[Mr Spock]

Quite remarkable given the mount you are using. My first 250mm Newt was on an EQ5 so I know how shaky they are! Works much better on an EQ6 

[neil phillips]

1 minute ago, Mr Spock said:

Quite remarkable given the mount you are using. My first 250mm Newt was on an EQ5 so I know how shaky they are! Works much better on an EQ6 

Thanks Michael. No not easy. Has to be windless nights. 10" at F6.3 quite long tube. what helps is a vixen to losmandy that i put together.  3 weights. a weight on the middle of the mount also. And yes for sure i had two Neq6 mounts. so i know it is much more stable.  Put 12" sky watcher newt on one. And they weigh a ton. That would kill the EQ5. Would like a bigger mount again.  Maybe one day. 

[Trevor N]

They look spot on to me Neil. Very fine detail and smooth images. That Newt certainly performs . Trevor

[neil phillips]

1 hour ago, Trevor N said:

They look spot on to me Neil. Very fine detail and smooth images. That Newt certainly performs . Trevor

Appreciate the comments Trevor. Its surprising considering my poor understanding of how settings affect my images lol. 😇

[neil phillips]

Orion Plato 75%

Full size less levels

 

Edited January 17, 2022 by neil phillips

[Kon]

Very nice captures and very sharp, like flying over the moon.

[Sunshine]

These images are fantastic, exposure is spot on and the subtle detail captured is wonderful! 

Edited January 14, 2022 by Sunshine

[neil phillips]

23 minutes ago, Kon said:

Very nice captures and very sharp, like flying over the moon.

Cheers Kon it was a good night. Now i need to get a dual drive for even more stability. It should help refine the quality

[neil phillips]

8 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

These images are fantastic, exposure is spot on and the subtle detail captured is wonderful! 

Thanks Sunshine i do pay quite a bit of attention to these things. I also prefer to watch histogram and keep it level and at a good value. Despite efforts to convince me otherwise. I like the results i am getting 😃

Cheers 

[vineyard]

Clicking through & it is really like flying over the moon as @Kon says.  Wow.  Some places it reminds me a bit of flying over the more desolate bits of the Sahara w dried up rivers & geological features in the middle of nowhere.  Do you prefer the Newt or the CC?

[neil phillips]

1 hour ago, vineyard said:

Clicking through & it is really like flying over the moon as @Kon says.  Wow.  Some places it reminds me a bit of flying over the more desolate bits of the Sahara w dried up rivers & geological features in the middle of nowhere.  Do you prefer the Newt or the CC?

Prefer both for different reasons/ The 10 has best resolution. But takes ages to setup, and heavy. The cassegrain is sharp powerful focal length. At just over 7" its easy to setup. and weight is good. Compared.

So 10 for best resolution. But cassegrain a good second and a easy time of it. 

Cheers vineyard

Edited January 14, 2022 by neil phillips

[neil phillips]

Gassendi 10" Orion celestron 2x ultima barlow. IR685 178mm  75%

[Trevor N]

5 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Appreciate the comments Trevor. Its surprising considering my poor understanding of how settings affect my images lol. 😇

I’m still learning but have seen your work over several years Neil. I don’t think many can advise you on the best settings particularly if they look at the images you’ve produced. I’m sure the majority would agree but you always get one or two “experts” in every game. These images are some, of the best I’ve seen. 

[neil phillips]

39 minutes ago, Trevor N said:

I’m still learning but have seen your work over several years Neil. I don’t think many can advise you on the best settings particularly if they look at the images you’ve produced. I’m sure the majority would agree but you always get one or two “experts” in every game. These images are some, of the best I’ve seen. 

Many thanks Trevor. Sometimes i think people are just trying to help. But also dont consider very easily others may actually have learned a thing or two naturally. Sometimes there can be different ways to skin a cat. 

Anyway we were treated to a rare sight in the UK, clear skies, no fog, and high lunar elevation. Well done to all the UK guys who got out there. Some lovely results appearing on the this section from them, is testament to that.

Cheers 

 

[oldfruit]

Lovely images Neil, well captured, and the detail is quite stunning.

[neil phillips]

22 minutes ago, oldfruit said:

Lovely images Neil, well captured, and the detail is quite stunning.

Thanks oldfruit. its made a change to actually get some quality time on the moon 

[Pete Presland]

Excellent set of images, the conditions were pretty good last from my neck of the woods" as well. 

[neil phillips]

2 minutes ago, Pete Presland said:

Excellent set of images, the conditions were pretty good last from my neck of the woods" as well. 

Hi Pete from what we are hearing from other members. It seems it was likely it was across the country. Makes a change for us in the UK doesnt it

Thanks 

[Pete Presland]

2 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

Hi Pete from what we are hearing from other members. It seems it was likely it was across the country. Makes a change for us in the UK doesnt it

Thanks 

1st proper session for me in ages, things were so bad before Xmas i didn't manage a single image in the Lunar terminator competition 🙂 

[neil phillips]

24 minutes ago, Pete Presland said:

1st proper session for me in ages, things were so bad before Xmas i didn't manage a single image in the Lunar terminator competition 🙂 

Yes i know Pete i am locked in with health problems. So plenty of time to snatch lunar. But even i havent had a night as good as this for sometime. Sounds good Pete really glad you got some images. And i bet they are stunners. you and your scope Rock. 

Look foward to seeing some if you post. 

[Pete Presland]

4 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

Yes i know Pete i am locked in with health problems. So plenty of time to snatch lunar. But even i havent had a night as good as this for sometime. Sounds good Pete really glad you got some images. And i bet they are stunners. you and your scope Rock. 

Look foward to seeing some if you post. 

Sorry to hear you are having health problems Neil, hopefully resolved as soon as possible. 

Been processing tonight once i came in, not as good this evening. But another clear sky though 🙂 

[neil phillips]

28 minutes ago, Pete Presland said:

Sorry to hear you are having health problems Neil, hopefully resolved as soon as possible. 

Been processing tonight once i came in, not as good this evening. But another clear sky though 🙂 

Was heavily fogged here. But i got plenty to process so a night off is ok. When you got something your happy with please post Pete 

[neil phillips]

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Edited January 15, 2022 by neil phillips