Saturn 16th June

[neil phillips]

Seeing was somewhat better. especially earlier on. unfortunately i couldn't image as there was a long hazy cloud going through that area, and stayed there for 30 40 mins. But still even though seeing worsened slightly. it was still better overall even though it was now daylight again. Just discovered my home made shield was protruding into the  primary. So that's not good. Will have to cut it back. Worth doing all this before Jupiter is placed. Nearly dropped the scope where it was so dewed up. Again things i am learning each time i use it. I think this scope is going to rock, seeing better seeing, i could tell its kind of in the ball park i think.  Showing traces of the hood now, Cassini slightly cleaner. But still a long ways to go

12" Stella IR685

 

Edited June 16, 2023 by neil phillips

[JeremyS]

Excellent Neil 👍🏻

[neil phillips]

Just now, JeremyS said:

Excellent Neil 👍🏻

Cheers Jeremy Its early days. But i enjoy the challenge

[Kon]

Excellent image. Much more details than earlier and the banding on the planet is resolved nicely.

2 hours ago, neil phillips said:

Nearly dropped the scope where it was so dewed up.

My heart stopped when I read this!

[Space Cowboy]

Detail showing nicely even at this early stage Neil!

Would carrier straps be any use on the OTA? 

[neil phillips]

Just now, Kon said:

Excellent image. Much more details than earlier and the banding on the planet is resolved nicely.

My heart stopped when I read this!

Yeah it was lucky i caught it. Don't think it would have gone over, I was close to a wall, but crashing down with a loud bang for sure. I will take better steps to make sure its drier i think. I did wipe it down obviously not enough.

Cheers 

[neil phillips]

Just now, Space Cowboy said:

Detail showing nicely even at this early stage Neil!

Would carrier straps be any use on the OTA? 

Its improving. And nice to do it, with the big optics. each improvement with that, is a acid test of its metal at the moment Stuart, I am still learning about it. its quite new. I re tweaked collimation, it was off slightly off. Checked after the near disaster. Collimation looked the same. It didn't bang that much luckily. Straps might be a good idea actually, anything in mind ? cheers

Cheers 

[Space Cowboy]

47 minutes ago, neil phillips said:

Its improving. And nice to do it, with the big optics. each improvement with that, is a acid test of its metal at the moment Stuart, I am still learning about it. its quite new. I re tweaked collimation, it was off slightly off. Checked after the near disaster. Collimation looked the same. It didn't bang that much luckily. Straps might be a good idea actually, anything in mind ? cheers

Cheers 

I've never used straps but if I got a bigger DOB I'd be looking into them. Maybe even a strap that went over the shoulder and clipped onto the OTA.  Sounds good in theory 🙂

[Roy Challen]

Superb image Neil. I think I've learned more about the appearance of Saturn from looking at your images than I have from reading books😄

[neil phillips]

46 minutes ago, Space Cowboy said:

I've never used straps but if I got a bigger DOB I'd be looking into them. Maybe even a strap that went over the shoulder and clipped onto the OTA.  Sounds good in theory 🙂

I am normally ok. But it was just the water both hands lost grip. Will ponder how to prevent it happening again

Edited June 16, 2023 by neil phillips

[neil phillips]

Just now, Roy Challen said:

Superb image Neil. I think I've learned more about the appearance of Saturn from looking at your images than I have from reading books😄

Cheers Roy. Will enter darkness soon. So should improve hopefully.  Color gets affected more. Need good seeing and darkness for that. Hence IR 685. One thing i try to do is not over process. Tempting early on when image quality isn't at its best.

[Pete Presland]

Very nice Neil, some terrific details on the surface to go with the rings.

[Franklin]

On 16/06/2023 at 15:30, neil phillips said:

I am normally ok. But it was just the water both hands lost grip. Will ponder how to prevent it happening again

 

[neil phillips]

7 hours ago, Franklin said:

 

Would never have thought of that, will look into that cheers Franklin