19-5-2022 Great Afternoon - Super Activity - Very Happy

[rcwinter]

Hi Everyone

Very glad that he site is back up and running again, Congrates to all involved in the changeover of Host’s

Yesterday was a great day the seeing was fair with some extended clear periods albeit a covering of thin cloud

I had a great time and hope the images reflect that

Did anyone see the extended detached prom if not I have it included in the images, it did not last that long when I viewed it.

There are several changes in AR 3014 over the period I was out, interesting to see the differances

All in all very happy with the results.

Hope you like them

Richard

[MAURITS]

A lot of very nice ana detailed captures Richard.

[DeepSolar64]

Detached prom? I never saw it.

Nice images!!

[Carbon60]

A nice set of images, Richard.

Stu.

[rcwinter]

Hi Stu, Maurits, and DeepSolar

I had a blast looking and imaging, it’s terrific to see everyone’s efforts, and I much appreciate your comments , many thanks

I am sure I must be able to improve in my processing and presentation, some guys as just brilliant at that

I pushed the button on one of the new Apollo Max cameras yesterday as the reviews and images I have seen so far are just amazing

Looking forward to much more fun under the sun, the detached prom was short lived and I was just lucky to see it, one of the guts caught it in CAK and it looks brilliant, sorry the you missed it DS

Not sure if I will get out this weekend as it’s my Bday and we have some plans, possibly Sunday depending on the GP

Kind regards and thanks again

Rich

[ffellah]

Happy Birthday Richard ! You should be happy, your images look great the detached prom is awesome

Franco

[rcwinter]

Hi Franco

Many thanks, getting really old now, I had a blast getting them and captured much more than shown, just under 100Gb, I will go through them to see what I missed

Kind regards

Rich

[marktownley]

Very nice Rich!

[rcwinter]

Hi Mark

Very Glad you like them the 174M Performs well, I must experiment with other software as I am still using ASIcap at the moment, mainly because it’s idiot proof so suits me well, however I purchased the Apollo Max during the week which hopefully will arrive next week, it will not work with ASI software so I will be on a new learning curve for a while, not sure which package to use yet. Amy suggestions would be well received.

Kind regards

Rich

[Alun_H]

Nice images Richard.

looked at some info regarding the Apollo Max and could be tempted to one myself,Sharpcap (latest version) and Firecapture supports it.

Alun

[rcwinter]

Hi Alun

Many thanks for you kind comments

Really looking forward to firing up the Apollo for the first time, that is when it gets here.

I have Firecapture and Sharpcap newest versions loaded and ready,

I did notice that it supported player one cameras which is great

I will watch a couple of Utube videos to prepare

[arnedanielsen]

Great work, Richard!

Thanks for sharing,
Arne

[GreatAttractor]

Great shots!

For archival purposes and to help others in their technical musings, please always indicate the HW setup used. I'm guessing this was the TOA130 + Quantum 0.4 Å?

[rcwinter]

Hi Arne

Glad you liked them, many thanks for your comments

As the Great Attractor suggests I should have detailed my equipment used, and as suggested it is

TOA130 with Daystar Quantum SE .4 Ang - Baader DERF 160mm, and my trusty ASI 174M with Daystar .5 Reducer

Software used was ASICap and Registax 6 ,image rotation and final contrast CS6

Kind regards

Rich

[DeepSolar64]

Very fine work. All turned out very well and I love the ones of the AR13014-AR13015 regions. That's one far flung prom too!


James

[rcwinter]

Good Morning James

The weekend is upon us, so we are Chillaxing for the day

I am glad you liked them, interestingly , when they are converted to JPEG for the site they are at the lowest resolution as a tiff 13mb, as a JPEG’s less than 2mb

I will look at setting up my own little page with the full res pictures on

Kind regards

Rich