Dear All, Got some sun today so had a couple of quick sessions. Started with the Tal/PST mod and concentrated on the active region. 100 frames stacked from 1200 frame SER captured with the PGR G3. Later had a gap so got the SM40/ 62mm Petzval combo out ( alt-az and drifted to get rid of NRs ). 100 f...

Dear All, not been imaging much so grabbed a quick session this morning before the haze clouded over. 75 frames from 1200 frame SER. SM40 front mounted on a 62mm Petzval frac, PGR G3, alt-az undriven to rid me of NRs. Best wishes, David Right click and "view image" for full size. SM40FD62mmPetzvalPG...

Got a very quick session this morning cloud dodging.
One image only.
Tal/PST mod +PGR G3.
100 images stacked from 1500 frame concatenated SER.
Best wishes,
David

Brian,
Cracking FD and great detail in the AR images. Glad you are getting some decent sessions in your
work break.
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David

Lovely set Pedro.
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David

Wonderful detail Stu. Are you near the sea? Seeing is rubbish lately here on the Pennine margins.
Could of course be due to the new obsy not being as porous to the wind as the old one .
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David

Nice! Something for everyone Derek,
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David

Got some larger gaps in the rolling clouds this morning. Seeing still poor. Not a great session, so only an AR to show for the effort. Hope seeing is better where you are. Tal/PST mod PGR G3 , 100 frames stacked from 1500 frame concatenated SER. Best wishes, David Right click and view image for full...

Some very nice detail Brian. Great collection.
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David

They are excellent Mark.
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David

Grabbed a quick session this morning, but seeing was awful. Tal/PST mod + PGR G3. Could only get 50 frames to stack in each case. I hope it is better where you are. Best wishes, David Right click and view image for full size ARTalPSTmodPGRG3140718.jpg prom12018-07-14_T_09-22-33-0102_L_pipp_l4_ap2234...

Great set Marty.
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David

Franco, It is always a successful session if you manage to get anything worth showing. It is all good practice. I have been following the threads on DS adjustments. I have enough problems adjusting the single SM40 on a slightly longer scope. I think my arms must be shorter than the average T-Rex :-)...

Sorry I am a bit late to the party and have just got round to catching up.
Beautiful set. Love the detail you get and the limb sharpness on your FDs.
I don't think I have ever seen any noctilucent clouds let alone imaged them.
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David

That is a very nice disk Mark.
I might have missed it but have you sorted out the problems you were having with the 50mm ?
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David

Brian,
I always like your full disks. Can I ask what was wrong with your etalon? How did it become misaligned and how did you correct it ?
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David

Eric,
They are lovely, I would not have thought you would get so much detail from that amount of cloud.
Shows how much I know :-)
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David

These are beautiful. Reminds me very much of sunflowers.
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David

Thank you all, much appreciated.
I don't say this often but I am pleased that it is raining today.
Hopefully it will dampen down all the local moor fires, but I hope it is clear where you are.
Gives me a bit of a chance to clean all the image train components at least.
Best wishes,
David

Got a so-so session this morning spoiled by a dirty sensor. I have cleaned up the images as best I can. I am also beingplagued by some reflections that I can not eradicate. Might be time to go back to the drawing board and invest in an external D-ERF . 100 images stacked from SERs captured with Tal/...

Trying out a borrowed BF on my Tal/PST rig this morning. Seeing not great but a couple of nice proms on show, so captured some SERs with the PGR G3. 100 frames stacked. Best wishes, David cat12018-07-08_T_08-33-01-0737_L_pipp_l4_ap1276cropIPcolps_filtered.jpg cat22018-07-08_T_08-33-50-0353_L_pipp_l4...

Thank you All. Alex, I have been experimenting with varying the gamma on my captures. My current setting favours disk detail but makes it difficult to bring out the prom details without a lot of noise. I will need to experiment more to do a better ( more complete ) job. Alexandra, All the time it is...

Peter,
thanks for your reply on the other thread. Together with this posting it has been very educational ( and useful ).
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David

Thanks Eric, perfectly clear. I will give it a whirl.
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David

Lovely set.
I saw the nice prom when checking some alignments but sadly missed the lift off.
Best wishes,
David