10 minutes of clear sky - PST80 at F25

[NickH]

Seeing was better today for the whole ten minutes I got before the clouds poured in again. 2 Single shots (surface and proms combined in one shot using gamme settings almost to saturation) and a single prom shot and the remnants of the AR

PST80 at F25 - Skynyx 2-0m

[Merlin66]

You're definately getting your monies worth out of that rig!!

For a "couple" of images, that's a tremendous outcome!

[NickH]

£180 ERF (Direct ship from Germany) - good old days, good exchange rate

£220 PST (US sourced)

£50 adapters

A80MF - £105

Tad under £580 then... for an 80mm 0.7A Hydrogen alpha scope with no astigmatism, tack sharp focus at up to F50, pretty damn near perfect optics (A80 tested by Steve)

[Trevor]

Ohh Nick, some fine detail in that one.

It’s a BLFDP.

Trev.

[NickH]

Compare and contrast to images taken today by other large aperture scopes on Cloudy Nights...and you tell me if it's worked out well/good value.

:-)

[Trevor]

Well number 6 surface shot is a tad out of focus it would have been a stunner if it was nailed, the Cak shot is good.

Not sure what to say about the LS100 ? errrrrr.......

[NickH]

The SM90 shots (at least 3 of em) are nice, in focus, no blurring, and could easily be sharpened up using unsharp masking..

As for the other shots...I will take the 5th amendment

[Trevor]

So still no high focal length shots from them, maybe they don’t like small proms during the Solar Minimum.

[NickH]

Depends what you call small

[Trevor]

Yea we are rather inconspicuous overall.

When you off to !!!!!!

[NickH]

Soon :-)

[RogerMc]

£180 ERF (Direct ship from Germany) - good old days, good exchange rate

Ekk you're telling me Nick I'm just about to part with 357 Euros for a 90mm!!!!

[NickH]

worth it...trust me..

[Beyond_Vision]

Fantastic detail in the surface granulation and the proms. Excellent work as usual Nick

Regards

Kevin

[Psychobilly]

I'm hoping get a chance to have a look at this setup at Salisbury.. it sounds "intriguing" and certainly punches well above its "finacial" weight... hmmmm....

Peter...

[barkis]

Blimey Nick, how did you get the camera in a position to Image the Earth and the sun together.

I see there is a little of the Terracing, (Foreshortening) Pete Lawrence referred to near the limb of the top Image.

Your Solar imaging is matched only by your Lunar stuff. Magic.

Ron.

[NickH]

My lunar is okay,...nothing more, I have seen the best at that..

I like planetary again, since the C11 got sorted... and deep sky, must get out more :-)

The Sun is great when you have kids though...cus it only takes a wee while to image.

The modified PST is really delivering though.., on saying that, I would still prefer a Solarscope SF70 double stack or better still SF100..

(no sweet spot)