Unfortunately my mount failed me, and I had to use a "backup" setup manually tracking the sun (hence the "jumps" in the video).

Still really nice experience, lots of friendly people around too.

Special guest the jet plane flying in front of the sound towards the end ✈️

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A first glimpse of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) from Box Hill.

Not terrible, considering I forgot my tripod home 🤦

A first glimpse of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) from Box Hill.

Not terrible, considering I forgot my tripod home 🤦
Stacked 4 shots of 1/10th of seconds each, handheld

Stacked 4 shots of 1/10th of seconds each, handheld

After missing it the first time, the Aurora came back, visible even here in southern England.

I managed to grab an almost night long timelapse, with a few selected highlights.

After missing it the first time, the Aurora came back, visible even here in southern England.I managed to grab an almost night long timelapse, with a few selected highlights.
I used the "revisions" mechanism to upload 3 different frames, but please check out the full timelapse as well.

After missing it the first time, the A...

Weather was mostly cloudy or veiled, but I managed to get a few clean frames between the clouds

Weather was mostly cloudy or veiled, but I managed to get a few clean frames between the clouds

Weather was mostly cloudy or veiled, but I managed to get a few clean frames between the clouds

Jupiter, a few weeks after its 2022 opposition.

The Great Orion Nebula, M42, in narrowband. Two processing versions, using HOO palette (more natural looking) and SHO (more detailed, as it also includes Sulfur).

First proper attempt at narrowband imaging and processing.
This started mostly just as a test session, since the first part of the night was cursed with passing clouds right in front of my target. I also had some problems with the autofocuser (that just stopped working at some point), and balancing issues.
All things considered, not too bad...
I processed the image in both HOO palette (more natural looking) and SHO.

First proper attempt at narrowband imaging and processing.
This started mostly just as a test session, since the first part of the night was cursed with passing clouds right in front of my target. I also had some problems with the autofocuser (that just stopped working at some point), and balancing issues.
All things considered, not too bad...
I processed the image in both HOO palette (more natural looking) and SHO.

Mars getting smaller, a few weeks after its opposition.

Another attempt at Mars, as it's getting far away from us, and visibly smaller.

Images taken with my SkyMax 180 and ASI178MM with RGB filters.

A couple of close up of the Moon, around the craters Copernicus and Plato.

Moon, Copernicus crater, one of the most prominent of our satellite.

Nearby is also visible the crater Eratosthenes.

Shot with my SkyMax 180, ASI 178MM

Moon, the area around Plato crater (the biggest in this image, with an "ear" to its right).

Above it, slightly to the left, there's Cassini, a medium sized crater with two smaller craters inside (Cassini A and B).

Separating the two, the Montes Alpes, with the Vallis Alpes within, then Mont Blanc.

To the far left, another two big craters, Aristotelest (the biggest) and Eudoxus.

To the top/right, the vast plain of Mare Imbrium.

The Red Planets a few days before its 2020 opposition, one of the closest in years.

The target of the month, in two versions: a RGB combination (left), and with an IR-pass filter (right).