A first glimpse of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) from Box Hill.
Not terrible, considering I forgot my tripod home 🤦
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS from Box Hill
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
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.
Aurora Borealis in Surrey
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 [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z3GD9sv2nc]full timelapse[/url] as well.
I used the "revisions" mechanism to upload 3 different frames, but please check out the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z3GD9sv2nc]full timelapse[/url] as well.
Aurora Borealis in Surrey
Weather was mostly cloudy or veiled, but I managed to get a few clean frames between the clouds
Partial Solar Eclipse
Weather was mostly cloudy or veiled, but I managed to get a few clean frames between the clouds
Partial Solar Eclipse
Weather was mostly cloudy or veiled, but I managed to get a few clean frames between the clouds
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).
M42 - first narrowband attempt
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.
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.
M42 - first narrowband attempt
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.
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.
California Nebula
California nebula under London Sky.
Conditions weren't exactly ideal: light pollution, obviously, then clouds rolled in just when I was ready to start my sequence, shortening capture time by a couple of hours.
Also, the nearly full moon was very close to the target, causing some nasty reflections on the (now cropped out) border of the image.
Overall I'm quite satisfied by the result though, the Optolong L-Enhance filter seems to be doing a really great job.
Conditions weren't exactly ideal: light pollution, obviously, then clouds rolled in just when I was ready to start my sequence, shortening capture time by a couple of hours.
Also, the nearly full moon was very close to the target, causing some nasty reflections on the (now cropped out) border of the image.
Overall I'm quite satisfied by the result though, the Optolong L-Enhance filter seems to be doing a really great job.
Mars getting smaller, a few weeks after its opposition.
Mars, 26/10/2020
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.
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 area
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
Nearby is also visible the crater Eratosthenes.
Shot with my SkyMax 180, ASI 178MM
Moon, Plato crater area
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.
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.
Mars, RGB + IR, 10/10/2020
The target of the month, in two versions: a RGB combination (left), and with an IR-pass filter (right).
Jupiter, a few weeks after its 2020 opposition.
Jupiter
Finally got a decent night for imaging Jupiter and Saturn, very low here in the UK (just around 15 degrees above the horizon).
Seeing was terrible, but I'm still relatively satisfied with the results, given how difficult these planets are this year from this latitude.
Visible Jupiter moons: Ganymede (left) and Io (right).
Seeing was terrible, but I'm still relatively satisfied with the results, given how difficult these planets are this year from this latitude.
Visible Jupiter moons: Ganymede (left) and Io (right).