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Composite picture I have made of several captures ;)
The moon doesn't fit when I use my telescope and astrocamera, so I stitched different panels in Photoshop.
The background picture of the stars was made with my DSLR and 50mm lens :)
For the Moon:
Skymax 102 telescope
ASI 120MC-S
Star Adventurer Pro (tracking)
For the stars:
Canon 200D
Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM
Star Adventurer Pro (tracking)
The moon was recorded in Firecapture and edited in PIPP, Autostakkert , Registax and Photoshop.
The background picture of the stars was a stack of multiple photos that I stacked in DeepSkyStacker, and edited in Photoshop..
Genova, Italy (22 Aug 2023 23:47->23:59 UT)
Saturn: diameter 19.0", mag +0.4, altitude ≈ 34°
Moons left to right: Enceladus (+12.0), Mimas (+13.0), Tethys (+10.4), Rhea (+9.8), Dione (+10.6), Titan (+8.6, 0.8" diameter), Iapetus (+11.2)
Titan's disk is probably "real", while the diameters of the other moons are limited to the resolution of the telescope (they are actually much smaller)
Telescope: Celestron CPC C8 XLT (203 F/10 SC)
Camera: QHY5III462C Color
Focal Extender: Explore Scientific 2x (1.25")
Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector: Artesky
Filter: QHY UV/IR block
Recording scale: 0.150 arcsec/pixel
Equivalent focal length ≈ 4000 mm F/19.7
Image resized: +50%
Recording: SharpCap 4.0
Saturn & Enceladus (23:47 UT):
(640x480 @ 60fps - 240 sec - RAW8 - Gain 240)
Best 25% frames of ≈ 14400
Alignment/Stacking: AstroSurface U4
Other Moons (23:59 UT):
(1024x768 @ 15fps - ≈132 sec - RAW8 - Gain 318)
Best 75% frames of 2000
Alignment/Stacking: AutoStakkert 3.1.4
Wavelets/Deconvolution: AstroSurface U4
Final Elaboration: GIMP 2.10.34
Here is a view of Aristoteles and Eudoxus craters on the moon. Aristoteles, the larger of the two and measures about 53 miles across while Eudoxus measures about 41 miles across.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm ED Triplet APO Refractor, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, ZWO ASI290MC camera, Televue Powermate 2.5x, best 25% of 20k frames. Captured with SharpCap v3 and processed using AutoStakkert! And Registax. Image Date: March 23, 2018. Location: The Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, PA.
la mer des crises. Ce bassin ovale d’environ 600 km de diamètre s’est formé à la suite de l’impact d’un astéroïde il y a un peu moins de 4 milliards d’années. Les « remparts » de ce cratère les falaises entourées la mer des crises atteignent une hauteur de 3 000 m. La sonde russe Luna 15 s’y est écrasée le 21 juillet 1969, pendant que de leur côté les membres de la mission américaine Apollo 11 foulaient le sol de la Lune pour la première fois (sur la mer de la Tranquillité).
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Telescope 200/1000 sur Neq6 Pro Goto.
Canon 200d. Barlow x2.
Empilement d’environ 5000 frames (mode video)
Traitement PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax et PS.
"Crescent Moon, 12.2% Full"
I had a little time Tuesday night to spend with the Moon. This shot was taken with the Moon about 15° above the Western horizon. I could not image from home due to an intervening ridgeline, so I packed up my small telescope and shot from a location with a clear view to the West.
17 images shot at ISO 1600, 1/60 sec exposure, stacked with AutoStakkert!3, Registax Wavelets applied.
Camera: Canon T3i
Lens: Explore Scientific ED 80 APO Triplet refractor, f/6, 480mm focal length
Explore Scientific 3x Focal Extender
Celestron Advanced VX mount
Canon EOS 80D + Orion SkyQuest XT10 + Tele Vue 2.5x Powermate (giving an effective focal length of 3,000 mm).
Broadstairs, April 2021.
Saturn is a bit over a week past opposition in this image. You can see the shadow of the planet on the rings just starting to creep onto the left side. It looks like I got the hexagon pretty well, and there's a bit of the Encke gap on the right. That's the first time I can definitively say I caught it. Not sure why it didn't show up on the left, but there's still data to play with from this night of excellent seeing.
3 stacks each for R, G, and B channels.
R stacks are 450 frames each, 43.1 ms exposures, 90% gain
G stacks: 180 frames each, 95.6 ms exposures, 90% gain
B stacks: 75 frames each, 114 ms exposures, 94% gain
Each color channel was derotated and combined with the same channel stacks in WinJUPOS, then those averages were brought together in WinJUPOS. Stacking done in AutoStakkert; initial sharpening in PixInsight; some final processing and touch ups in PixInsight and Photoshop.
Celestron Edge HD 925
ZWO ASI120MM
ZWO EFW filter wheel
Optolong RGB filter set
3x TeleVue Barlow behind the filter wheel
Saturn was at a distance of 1.34 billion km and an altitude of 37°
CM I: 333.5° CM II: 188.1° CM III: 324.0°
Waning Gibbous Moon, 87.9% Full
November 4, 2020
00:15 hours
Photographed with an Explore Scientific ED80 APO refractor telescope (f/6, 480mm focal length), an Orion 2x Shorty Barlow lens and a Canon T3i camera (unmodified). I used a fixed tripod mount. ISO 200, 1/100 sec. exposures. Seeing somewhat above average, 3.5-4/5.
Best 40% of 100 images preprocessed with PIPP and stacked with AutoStakkert!3. Post-processing with Photoshop CS2021. Saturation enhanced to bring out lunar colors.
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor with a Canon 600D at prime focus. 20 images stacked using Autostakkert 2
On either end of the Sinus Iridum (Bay of Rainbows) are two capes, or points, called Promontorium Laplace and Promontorium Heraclides that were right near the sun-shadow line on the moon. This area has also been called the “jeweled scimitar” because of its resemblance to the scimitar sword (or sabre).
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX90, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, ASI290MC, best 2.5k of 5k frames, AutoStakkert! V3.0.14 (x64), FireCapture v2.5.10 x64 and Registax v6. Software used included Sharpcap v2.9 and AutoStakkert! Alpha Version 2.3.0.21. Photographed on July 4, 2017 from Weatherly, Pennsylvania.
Jupiter with the Great Red Spot visible. Accompanied by one of the Galilean moons, Callisto.
Picture was taken with:
Sky-watcher Skymax 102, Celestron 2x Barlow and ZWO ASI 120MC-S (on a Star Adventurer Pro)
Recorded in Firecapture, 10% of 2000 frames stacked in Autostakkert, and then sharpened in Registax 6. 😉
Taken with an 8" Astrograph with focal reducer & Canon 1100D on an EQ5 Pro Mount
Shot through thin cloud
Best 35% of 150 images stacked in Autostakkert! 2 and processed in Lightroom
Telescopio: Celestron C8 Edge HD
Montatura: iOptron CEM60
Camera di ripresa: ZWO ASI 174 mono Cooled
Filtro: Optolong Red CCD 50,8 mm
Software:SharpCap 3.2 Pro, Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert 3.0.14, Zoner Photo Studio X v. 19, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8, Astra Image 4 SI
Focuser: Moonlite CF 2,5" focuser with high resolution stepper DRO
Pose: 2390 a 150 ftgs
Lunghezza focale: 2032 mm
Seeing: 3 Trasparenza: 5
ZWO ASI290MM/EFW 8 x 1.25" (RGB)
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)/TV 2.5x PowerMate
Losmandy G11
Five RGB Runs at 30s and 2900 frames per filter captured in Firecapture.
Preprocessed in PIPP
Best 60% of frames integrated in Autostakkert
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Photoshop
Telescopio: Celestron C8 Edge HD
Montatura:iOptron CEM60
Camera: QHY 178 mono cooled
Filtro:Optolong Red CCD 50,8 mm
Software:SharpCap 3.2 Pro, Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert 3.0.14, Zoner Photo Studio X v. 19, Stark Labs Nebulosity 4.2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8
Pose: 150 FPS: 24,00000
Lunghezza focale: 2032 mm
Seeing: 3 Trasparenza: 8
ZWO ASI178MC
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)
Losmandy G11
2000 frames captured with Firecapture.
Best 30% of frames stacked with Autostakkert!
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Photoshop
This is image was captured using a 60mm Hydrogen-alpha (Hα) telescope. It is showing the Sun's chromosphere.
There were very interesting features on August 18, 2022. At the top is a filament in the shape of a circle. It is also raised quite a distance above the chromosphere. Going down to the right thee is a very large and thick filament. Just to the left of that filament is a sunspot (AR3081) surrounded by a plage. Also visible are seveal other filaments on the solar disc. Around the edges, small prominences are visible.
Capture location: Elkridge, Maryland USA
Telescope: Lunt LS60T Hα
Double Stack: LS50F Hα
Camera: ZWO ASI178MM
Processing software:
Autostakkert, RegiStax6, Lightroom Classic, Photo Shop
Equipo: Star Adventurer - Mak 102 - Canon 60D a foco primario
Video MLV - Apilado 50% de 72 frames
Drizzle x 1,5
Procesado: MLV_DUMP - PIPP - AutoStakkert - Photoshop - Lightroom
Telescopio: Celestron C8 Edge HD
Montatura:iOptron CEM60
CMOS di ripresa: ZWO ASI 174 mono Cooled
Lunghezza focale: 2032 mm
Filtro: Optolong Red CCD 50,8 mm
Software:SharpCap 3.2 Pro, Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert 3.0.14, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8, Astra Image 4 SI
Focuser: Moonlite CF 2,5" focuser with high resolution stepper DRO
Pose: 200 a 65 fotogrammi al secondo
Seeing: 2 Trasparenza: 3
Explore Scientific AR152 refractor @125mm aperture, with Baader x2.25 Barlow and ZWO 290MM-PRO (f17.8 0.27"/pixel) on EQ6. Baader OD 3.8 solarfilm, solar continuum + UV/IR cut filters. 250 of 2500 frames captured in SharpCap, processed in AutoStakkert. False colour Photoshop Duotone.
Taken in very challenging conditions with the wind buffetting the telescope and terrible seeing!
Taken with an 8" Ritchie Cretien telescope with focal reducer and Canon 1100D on an EQ5 Pro mount
Best 35% of 200 images stacked using Autostakkert! 2 and processed in Adobe Lightroom
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor fitted with a Baader Astrosolar Filter and a Canon 600D at prime focus. Best 20 of 40 images stacked using Autostakkert 2. Wavelet processing done using Registax 6
At 7.7 days old, this moon is just past First Quarter and is 53.7% illuminated. Image is compiled from a three-panel mosaic. Each panel was captured in 500 frames that were shot in Firecapture at 70% histogram. Best 75% of frames were stacked in Autostakkert!, sharpened in Registax, and finished in Photoshop.
ZWO ASI178MC
TeleVue NP101is/2.5x Powermate (f/13.4, 1,350mm)
Losmandy G11
Clavius is a large crater found on the southern side of the moon, it measures approximately 136 miles across. The crater was named after Christoph Klau (or Christophorus Clavius) a 16th century German mathematician and astronomer.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 Telescope, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ASI290MC, ZWO AAPlus, ZWO EAF, best 15% of 10000 frames. Processed using SharpCap, Autostakkert, Registax and Luminar Neo. Image Date: June 9, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
This is a wide field view of the area around Tycho Crater on Earth's moon. Tycho has a diameter of 53 miles and it is nearly 3 miles deep.
TECH SPECS: Meade 12” LX-90, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ZWO ASI290MC, Antares Focal Reducer. Captured using SharpCap v3.2, stacked in Autostakkert (best 15% of 2500 images), sharpened in Registax, final image processed in Corel Paintshop Pro. Image Date: March 22, 2021. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4 Zone).
Venus occultation from Moon
June 19th 2020
Canon 250D
Homemade refractor 150/2250
Ilario Melandri e Cristina Cellini
Took a picture of the moon when the sun was still up. :)
I used a Skymax 102, and connected my Canon 200D using a suited T-ring. I tracked the moon using a Star Adventurer Pro.
The image is a stack of 15 images. Stacked in Autostakkert!3, and sharpened in Registax 6. :)
Waning Crescent Moon, 40 % illuminated
A Mineral Moon photo lets you see what you can watch of the Moon: its colors!
As you can see, lunar maria are blue, because of their basaltic composition, while mountain zones are usually orange/red for anorthite.
Technical data: It is a “mineral lunar” mosaic (oversatured to exalt colors), made up by 3 photos of 3 parts of the Moon for luminance channel + one photo (from a 18 min video) for RGB channel . Each luminance photo is a stacking of 6 min videos, captured by a Canon Eos 550d and an Explore Scientific Maksutov MN 152/740 with afocal method.
RGB channel was captured by a Canon Eos 1300d that followed the Moon by a Sky Watcher Star Adventurer.
I elaborated them by PIPP, Autostakkert, Registax and Photoshop. The mosaic was made up by Autostitch.
Telescopio: APM 140 mm f 7 APO
Lente di Barlow Zeiss Abbe 2X
Camera di ripresa: :ZWO ASI 174 mono Cooled
Montatura: iOptron CEM60
Software:Emil Kraaikamp Autostakkert 3.0.14, SharpCap 3.1 Pro, Zoner Photo Studio X v. 19, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight 1.8, Astra Image 4 SI
Filtro:Meade Red 31,8 mm
Risoluzione: 2000x1259
Pose: 200 a 33 fps
Lunghezza focale: 1960 mm
Seeing: 3 Trasparenza: 7
Full moon, Oct 17, 2024. I don't "shoot the moon" very often, but thought I'd give it a shot.
Taken with an Esprit 120 scope, FL 840mm, Hydrogen filter to cut down the light, QHY268M camera, SharpCap acquisition, best 150/516 frames. Processed in AutoStakkert, IMPPG, Adobe Lightroom, and Topaz photo AI.
Taken from Starfront Observatory, Texas
ZWO ASI178MC
Tele Vue 2.5x PowerMate
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)
Losmandy G11
4000 frames captured in Firecapture
Best 2000 frames stacked in Autostakkert
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Photoshop
A view of last evening's moon 50% illuminated (First Quarter).
Tech Specs: Meade 12" LX-90 telescope, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ZWO ASI290MC and ASI071MC-Pro, ZWO AAPlus, ZWO EAF, Antares Focal Reducer, best 15% of 1000 frames at full resolution, Sharpcap Pro, Autostakkert, Luminar Neo. Image Date: May 8, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Taken with a Skywatcher ED80 Refractor with a Canon 600D at prime focus. Best 15 of 35 images stacked using Autostakkert . Shot in varying haze hence the 20 frame drop out
Here is a view of the Mercury transit across the sun from earlier today in Pennsylvania.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED, ZWO ASI290MC, Daystar Quark Chromosphere + Daystar 2" UV/IR filter + 0.5x focal reducer, SharpCap Pro v3.0, best 15% of 500 frames, AutoStakkert, Registax. Image date: 11 November 2019. Location: The Dark Side Observatory in Weatherly, PA, USA.
This is a view of the region to the east of Mare Imbrium, where the Montes Caucasus (the eastern rim of the Imbrium Basin, separating Mare Imbrium from Mare Serenitatis), intersect with the Montes Alpes (the northern rim of the Imbrium Basin) and the lava plains of Mare Frigoris. This image is caught when the Sun was high in the Moon’s morning sky. Two prominent craters dominate the center of the region and will be the focus of this discussion.
The more northern and larger crater of the pair is Aristoteles (87 km wide and 3.3 km deep). Aristoteles is the older of the two craters, belonging to the Eratosthenean Period of the Moon’s history; it is between 1.1 and 3.2 billion years old. Aristoteles lies near the southern edge of Mare Frigoris and east of the Montes Alpes. A smaller crater (Mitchell) sits directly on the eastern rim of Aristoteles. Somewhat unusually, it is even older than Aristoteles, having survived the huge impact that created Aristoteles. The inner walls of Aristoteles are wide and terraced, and the floor of the crater is hilly. The central peaks are visible, but they are small and displaced south of the center of the crater basin. The area surrounding Aristoteles is covered by a blanket of ejecta, which has a radial pattern of dispersion, especially to the north.
The southern crater is Eudoxus. It lies just northeast of the Montes Caucasus. Eudoxus is about 67 km in diameter and 3.4 to 4.3 km deep. The mountains forming its rim tower as much as 3.35 km above the crater floor. The rim of Eudoxus has a series of terraces on the interior wall, and slightly worn ramparts about the exterior. It lacks a single central peak, but has a cluster of low hills about the midpoint of the floor. The remainder of the interior floor is relatively level. Eudoxus has a ray system (not visible in this image), and is consequently mapped as part of the Copernican System of craters, being less than 1.1 billion years old. Material ejected by the impact that excavated Eudoxus lapped up to and even spilled over the southern rim of Aristoteles.
The two craters lie in a jumbled, hummocky terrain. This is an area of broken and uplifted bedrock overlain by a wash of ejecta. Both of these terrain conditions are a consequence of the massive blast that created the Imbrium Basin. The craters themselves formed a billion and more years after this catastrophic event.
These two craters form a distinctive pair. They are well-known friends to those of us who enjoy telescopic views of the Moon.
This image was cropped from a splice of two separate but overlapping images. Microsoft ICE software was used to create the splice. Each image was created from a stack of the best 30% of 5350 video frames.
Software:
Video capture software: FireCapture
Stacking software: AutoStakkert! 3
Wavelets-processing: Registax 6
Final buff: Photoshop CC 2021.
Equipment:
Celestron EdgeHD8, 2032mm focal length, f/10
ZWO ASI 290MM planetary camera
Celestron Advanced VX Equatorial Mount
25% of 120 sec .ser movie
C8 f/10, QHY5II-L mono, Baader PLanetarium IRPass (>685nm), Super Polaris Mount
Autostakkert! 2 and Wavelets in Registax 6
The Sun in H-alpha provides us with a stunning view, revealing the dynamics of its atmosphere. In this wavelength, we appreciate the impressive prominences, filaments, and sunspots. Prominences are gigantic structures of ionized gas that rise from the solar surface, creating immense loops and arcs. In contrast, filaments are dark lines that extend along the surface where the gas is colder and denser. We can also observe the sunspots, dark and magnetically active regions that indicate areas of intense solar activity. This fascinating H-alpha view allows us to delve into the secrets and wonders of the Sun.
Gear: Coronado SolarMax II 60 single stack etalon
Camera QHY 174M cmos
Skywatcher Allview mount
Image: stack 600 frames (best 20%), 1 fits image for background at 40ms overexposure
Process PIPP, Autostakkert, and Photoshop CC 2023
Jupiter and Europa
May 23, 2019
My first Jupiter image with the C8. Monochrome image. Lots to learn!
Celestron EdgeHD 8
ZWO ASI 290MM
Celestron Advanced VX mount
Best 15% of 650 video frames.
Pre-processing with PIPP
Stacking with AutoStakkert!3
Registax 6 wavelets.
Seeing 3/5
Transparency 4/5.
10 images derotated. 1.5X drizzle
C9.25 EDGEHD (F=2350mm)
ZWO120MC
SharpCap
Winjupos
AutoStakkert
PixInsight
Last night’s partial lunar eclipse from Weatherly, PA in a higher resolution. What a great show!
Tech Specs: Orion 8" f/8 Ritchey-Chretien Astrograph, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ZWO ASI071, ZWO EAF, and ZWO AAP. Captured using SharpCap Pro, processed in Autostakkert and Registax, best 20% or 500 frames captured at 4944 x 3284. Image date: November 19, 2021. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
ZWO ASI290MM/EFW 8 x 1.25"
Meade LX850 (12" f/8)/2.5x PM
Losmandy G11
5 x 30s RGB runs captured in FireCapture
Best 50% of ~11,000 frames per filter stacked in Autostakkert
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Color channels separately derotated, then R/G/B derotation in WINJUPOS
Finished in Photoshop
The Moon in the daytime sky from Austin, Texas. Taken 2021-01-22 at 5:59 PM with a Questar 1350/89mm and Sony a6300 camera.
Best 9 of 45 images stacked and sharpened in AutoStakkert. Final crop and exposure in Photoshop.
North is up. This image is derived from a single RGB run captured in Firecapture, stacked in Autostakkert, wavelet sharpened in Registax, and color channel derotated in WINJUPOS.
Seeing was Average at capture. I had hoped to stack and sharpen in PSS, but the result was disappointing. I have four more RGB captures that can be derotated and added to this data. I feel like I am missing something with PSS, which is still new to me. I'll take a deeper dive when time permits.
Seeing was not as good as for the 2025--01-02 image
This from 12 30 s SER files taken with a ZWO ASI224MC camera with 3x Barlow and a ZWO UV/IR cut filter through the C14 at Cerritos College. I used FIreCapture to take this data. SER files were used to create stacks of the best 15% of about 800 frames in AutoStakkert, and those stacks were processed in PixInsight. The resulting images were registered and derotated in WinJUPOS, with the result undergoing some final tweaks in GIMP.
CM I: 77.2°
CM II: 96.3°
CM III: 251.2°
Langrenus et Petavius. Sur cette photographie, se trouvent plusieurs cratères situés sur la rive orientale de la Mer de la fécondité. Le cratère Petavius (presque au centre de l’image) ayant un diamètre de 177 km et une profondeur de 3 400 m, et tout à droite le cratère Langrenus avec un diamètre de 132 km et 2 700 m de profondeur.
Telescope 200/1000 sur Neq6 Pro Goto.
Canon 200d. Barlow x2.
Empilement d’environ 5000 frames (mode video)
Traitement PIPP, AutoStakkert, Registax et PS.
Others have recently posted beautiful photos of the region surrounding Aristarchus Crater. Here is one of my best efforts to date on this amazing bit of lunar geography.
Aristarchus Crater is a bright feature in the northwestern region of the Moon. It is sited in the southeastern corner of a rectangular plateau rising above the basaltic plains of Oceanus Procellarum. This plateau was, billions of years ago, a hellish region of volcanic activity, featuring massive lava flows and pyroclastic eruptions. Notice the winding features in this photo, features that resemble riverbeds. Think rivers of lava, originating in volcanic vents on the plateau, and running down onto and spreading across the basaltic plains below. Notice especially the enormous Schroter's Valley that originates just above the bright Aristarchus Crater at an arcuate vent called the Cobra's Head, and then winds across the plateau. Notice also the the winding features above the partially flooded crater Prinz (the Rimae Prinz) to the right of Aristarchus, and near the Harbinger Mountains close to the right edge of the frame. A close look in the lower left will reveal the isolated lunar volcanic dome Herodotus Omega and its summit caldera, below and left of Herodotus Crater, the partner crater on the left side of Aristarchus.
There have been recurring reports from Moon observers of brightenings, color changes, and other unexpected events in this area over the years. These may signal that the area's furnaces have not died. Such activity may make the Aristarchus Plateau an attractive place for human exploration.
Image cropped and reprocessed from video data collected April 5, 2020. Best 20% of 4234 video frames used. Seeing was above average, 4/5.
Pre-processing in PIPP. Stacking with Auto Stakkert!3. Wavelets and histogram adjustments with Registax 6. Final toning and resizing with Camera RAW and Photoshop CC 2021.
Celestron Edge HD8 telescope
ZWO ASI 290MM camera
Celestron Advanced VX Mount
My mediocre contribution to the transit of Mercury fiesta :)
North is up, east is left.
The initial idea was to shot the complete ingress sequence, but I was confronted by to serious problems - very timely arrived mammoth-sized cloud and suddenly emerged mysterious power-outage :(
Since I can't deal with clouds I had focussed on the latter and won!
This is what I came out with...
Acquisition time: 16:05 MSK
Telescope: PST with 2x Barlow
Camera: TIS DMK23U274
6 out of 9 800x800 pix panels 25% 0f 500 frames each.
MS ICE refused to stich the latter three leaving the Sun trunkated...
The planet Saturn imaged on the evening of July 31, 2017 under below average conditions.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX90, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, ASI290MC, Televue 2.5x Powermate, best 1000 of 2000 frames, AutoStakkert! V3.0.14 (x64), FireCapture v2.5.10 x64 and Registax v6. Photographed on July 31, 2017 from Weatherly, Pennsylvania.
Here is a four image mosaic of last evening’s 66% illuminated Waxing Gibbous moon. Each panel is the best 20% of 5,000 images captured in video mode and stitched together using Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE).
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ZWO ASI462MC, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, ZWO EAF, ZWO ASIAir Plus, best 20% of 5000 frames on four panels. Processed with Autostakkert, Registax, and Microsoft ICE. Date: February 28, 2023. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).