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Old 14 May 2020, 11:02 PM   #31
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What stacking software are you all using?
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Old 15 May 2020, 01:29 AM   #32
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The transit of Venus across the Sun in 2012:





The transit of Mercury across the Sun 2019:


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Old 16 May 2020, 10:03 AM   #33
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What stacking software are you all using?
It’s so long ago now I can’t remember, but it was freeware off the inter web, that I do recall, and only compatible with PC, which I now don’t possess!
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Old 16 May 2020, 10:43 AM   #34
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My go to is Registax due to familiarity and the “freeness” factor . I did download Pixinsight but I am still hacking my way through a workflow process with it. There is a very steep learning curve involved. I’m sure the absolute robust attributes will far outweigh the hell of learning in the end. This one of M31 was taken with a 17-55 piggybacked on my scope. Multiple subs stacked in Registax. How I wish the camera would have been attached to the scope.

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Old 16 May 2020, 09:19 PM   #35
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^^^ great pic!
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Old 21 May 2020, 07:41 PM   #36
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Norwegian in Transit.
Well, there's a Moon in it.

Hand held, (obviously) D7200 70-200mm f2.8/
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Old 21 May 2020, 08:17 PM   #37
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Transit Mercury




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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RLl...vrwynVzbf/view

The plane just appeared as we were recording at our observatory.
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Old 21 May 2020, 08:26 PM   #38
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Transit Mercury




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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RLl...vrwynVzbf/view

The plane just appeared as we were recording at our observatory.
Lovely!
I can hear Frank...."......Let me play among the stars, Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars"
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Old 21 May 2020, 08:59 PM   #39
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Lovely!
I can hear Frank...."......Let me play among the stars, Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars"
Totally.
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Old 21 May 2020, 10:28 PM   #40
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The plane just appeared as we were recording at our observatory.
Unreal! All that’s missing is the ISS transiting the Sun too. Remarkable photo.
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Old 22 May 2020, 02:00 AM   #41
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Unreal! All that’s missing is the ISS transiting the Sun too. Remarkable photo.
Thank you. I love this photo as well. Definitely one of our best.
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Old 24 May 2020, 01:26 AM   #42
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Just played the your video. Fantastic!

I know it's a bit like asking,"what car shall I buy?"....but can you recomend a 'scope that I could take into the garden. I don't want to spend a fortune, upto £500 maybe.
I'd like to be able to attach a Nikon body to it ocassionaly.
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ps. just had quick look at the MEAD site.....gulp!!
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Old 24 May 2020, 05:12 PM   #43
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Set out this evening with the intention of imaging M13 (even with Bortle class 6 skies). The skies were super clear but the wind was totally disagreeable with my endeavor. I did however get this terrible cellphone image through my trembling eyepiece.
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Old 24 May 2020, 09:11 PM   #44
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The shot is just great! and Fascinating.
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Old 24 May 2020, 10:22 PM   #45
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I know it's a bit like asking,"what car shall I buy?"....but can you recomend a 'scope that I could take into the garden. I don't want to spend a fortune, upto £500 maybe. I'd like to be able to attach a Nikon body to it occasionally.
Telescopes generally fall into two categories. Observing and imaging. My scope is an 8” Dobsonian. Good for looking through an eyepiece at stars, nebulae, clusters and galaxies. The telescopes with imaging capabilities are more expensive and have computerized tracking motors to allow for timed exposures. Most cameras are CCD units rather than DSLR bodies, though specialized Nikon and Canon bodies exist. I’d suggest buying an Orion Dobsonian to play with first. You’ll either get the bug and start spending money like a crazed Rolex fan on accessories and multiple scopes, or you’ll be satisfied with looking at the Moon, Saturn and M42. I fall into the latter category. Visual observing is very enjoyable, and it’s great fun to give friends, family and kids their first view of Saturn’s rings or glowing gas clouds. Imaging is a science in itself. Most of what you are imaging isn’t visible to you even through the telescope. It only shows up in stacked multiple long exposures.
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Old 25 May 2020, 09:17 AM   #46
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Telescopes generally fall into two categories. Observing and imaging. My scope is an 8” Dobsonian. Good for looking through an eyepiece at stars, nebulae, clusters and galaxies. The telescopes with imaging capabilities are more expensive and have computerized tracking motors to allow for timed exposures. Most cameras are CCD units rather than DSLR bodies, though specialized Nikon and Canon bodies exist. I’d suggest buying an Orion Dobsonian to play with first. You’ll either get the bug and start spending money like a crazed Rolex fan on accessories and multiple scopes, or you’ll be satisfied with looking at the Moon, Saturn and M42. I fall into the latter category. Visual observing is very enjoyable, and it’s great fun to give friends, family and kids their first view of Saturn’s rings or glowing gas clouds. Imaging is a science in itself. Most of what you are imaging isn’t visible to you even through the telescope. It only shows up in stacked multiple long exposures.
Many Thanks 'Joey',
We're lucky to have very dark sky here in the UK's West Country.
I look forward to posting some results soon...ish, I hope.
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Old 26 May 2020, 07:21 AM   #47
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I have had my celestron cpc1100 for over ten 10years now. Made a trip to parking lot of the McDonald observatory this past winter on a moonless night with it. You can’t beat the skies in the Davis Mountains in West Texas.
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Old 27 May 2020, 09:55 AM   #48
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Fantastic thread relevant to my interests!
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Old 28 May 2020, 07:44 AM   #49
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Isn't that very beautiful, sometimes amateur shot like this is very fascinating.
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Old 28 May 2020, 07:44 AM   #50
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Waxing Crescent.
Crappy photo', but she looked SO beautiful tonight.
Handheld 70-200mm - cropped.
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Old 28 May 2020, 08:59 AM   #51
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Great shot, especially given that it’s hand-held.
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Old 28 May 2020, 05:37 PM   #52
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Great shot, especially given that it’s hand-held.
Thank you Joey,
A Spotted Flycatchern, an annual visitor, and a Celestial Body, captured, all in the space of 30 mins. Nikon D7200 with 70-200mm f/2.8 VR rarely disappoints.

I do have trouble replicating the quality of my images here.
I have to, considerably reduce the resolution to post. A problem that I don't know how to overcome. Any suggestions?
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Old 29 May 2020, 12:43 AM   #53
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Oi...I wish I did not click on this thread, Now I HAVE to get a telescope.
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Old 29 May 2020, 12:56 AM   #54
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I don't have a telescope but it's something I'm thinking of looking into.
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I was able to get back out and image M-13 properly. This image is 30 minutes of total exposure time. I would have gotten more data but Hercules went over the building next door. Stacked in DSS and processed in LR.
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Very sharp image, Joshua.
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I was able to get back out and image M-13 properly. This image is 30 minutes of total exposure time. I would have gotten more data but Hercules went over the building next door. Stacked in DSS and processed in LR.

Wow, very clean!
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Which end?
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Figured I would share this one. Taken from my local observatory in Bortle class 4 skies.


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Oops. Just realized the link didn’t work in my last post.https://photos.app.goo.gl/cr4E3fp7exwCzMub7
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