I thanks, Alexandra. What mount did you use?

I need your suggestions for a travel scope to New Zealand's International Dark Sky site. Requirements: --DSO: DSC10c (I have an 2" to 1.25" adapter) --SOLAR: Quark (has a 2" and 1.25" nosepiece with a ZWO camera --Full plug-n-play in unfamiliar skies (I prefer using my Celestron StarSense accessory....

Has anybody been to Aoraki Mackenzie (New Zealand)? My wife may be sending me in April to visit my daughter who is studying there.

Any tips?

Jack

LOVE IT

LOVE IT

I like the color as well. Mind sharing your color values?

Marty,
I’m glad Mark moved your two tutorials to the Reference forum, but it looks like I can’t comment there. So I wanted to say, “Job well done!”

That is terrific information I can play with more intelligently now.

Cheers

YES!

Marty,
What are the odds of you graciously typing up your thoughts during processing much as you did for the Data Acquisition post? That info is well organized and gives us insight into pros and cons of the tools?

Just hoping...

Thank you so for the VERY detailed narrative.

That's nuts! Thanks for sharing.

Mind. Blown. OK...I watched this at 1.5x speed just to get the overall feel...holy cow what a range of tools and artistic judgements you make so effortlessly! Now I'll go back multiple times and decompose and manually create a cheat sheet for myself (I'll happily share if folks want it). You've real...

Very cool!

Agreed! That is wonderful.

I also picked up much expensive equipment in response to my prayer request on the prayer chain. Someone saw my request and I had new equipment for Astro ministry in a week.

Marty,
These images seem smoother than other processing I’ve seen you prefer and I think I like it! What is the difference in technique?

Jack

That’s a beautiful observatory for a good solar friend.

Simply poetry

Excellent addition to the topic!

Both sets are AMAZING

Gorgeous

Love the shot, love the story.

I got Mercury but I had to deal with: -Removing shrubbery -Removing the roof of the observatory -Tying back 50' high tree branches -Morning clouds And worst of all...my Quark died (yes, Valery, I am sending it back). It never reached GREEN and had horrible contrast. That said, I did get some screen ...

Outstanding! Excellent details in all parts of the transit and each feature of the sun.

Good catch

Congrats!