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Well it looked sunny and was so to speak very high cloud and hazy all day and hot hot hot,, luckily I turned on the AC and shut the door,, nicccce 21c Focusing was a challenge as always and the atmospherics were like a washing machine on spin cycle. very turbulent However I mamaged to grab a few ima...

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Hi Mark Really nice images, always love your Cak images :bow2 :bow2 I have been stuffed with interviews and training, will,likely get out on the 16th weather forecast is good and the active areas look great, seems to be a little quite following these when they have passed Going to run up the Apollo ...

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Absolutely stunning images,

Richard

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Astonishing images , way beyond me I think

Rich

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Just love your Cak images, really would like a nice Cak filter

Rich

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Hi Paul

Brilliant images A1 so much detail

Rich

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Hi James

Nice images, nearest I have gotten to my scope is the end of a paint brush, turning a brown wall into white, forget how many layers so far, getting there but slow

Excellent

Rich

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Hi Alex

Superb images, the high resolution i ages show so much detail, just excellent

Rich

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Hi Stu

Cracking images, I stuck decorating at the moment and seem to have a fair amount of cloud cover too, looking forward to getting back out

A1+++

Rich

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Hi Christian

What a superb set of images, most excellent resolution.

Rich

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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 re...

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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 ...

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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 vi...

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Hi Mark

Astonishing CAK captures, the detail is brilliant

I have a cheap CAK filter from Altair Astro but it does not really work,

Maybe one day

Rich

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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 AS...

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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

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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 ne...

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Wow

Superb Images and love the animation, Must try that at some point

Rich

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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...

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Hi Chris

Nicely done, how easy is it to keep the Chronograph aligned when your imaging.

There was a Lillie Chronograph with a Vixen 80mm on eBay recently

Kind regards

Richard

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Hi Stu

Many thanks, much appreciated

Rich

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Truly amazing capture, I watched it a number of times, congrates, just brilliant

Richa

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Hi Everyone Been really busy since yesterday afternoon, no viewing today, cloud cloud cloud and a bit more cloud, irs been really muggy today Many thanks for all your kind comments, I kind of got lost yesterday with the videos taken and processing as I ended up with over 100Gb to go through, it’s su...

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Hi Everyone It was a hot one today and the Obsy PC room was getting way to hot, so I turned on the AC and kept cool, shut the door into cool darkness I spent a few hours out and all in alkl the seeing was reasonable, far better than 14th, very windy so I kept the pier low Lots goinmg on really very ...

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Hi Nick

The seeing in the morning was awful, I struggled to get focused

In the afternoon when the mount had flipped the seeing was a little better, I do agree No 2 is better

I will be out shortly to have a play today, looks like it will be warm.

Rich

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Hi Dennis

Superb images, the detail is astonishing

Rich

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Excellent images, so much detail , wow.

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Hi Franco and Maurits Many thanks for your comments, everyone in the group is having a blast with all the activity. It looks like the next few days will be exciting and I am looking forward to all the new activity This Solar cycle is going to be like no other as the equipment and ability to capture ...

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Hi Alexandra It was a superb active area to watch, I watched it over several hours, a lot of cloud early on, then it tended to clear up around lunch time. On the home side due to cloud cover I had mowed the lawn by lunchtime, so as not to waste time. Many thanks for you comments on the images, I gav...

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Hi Everyone Like many who got out today the Sky ended up bright in the afternoon however focusing was a real struggle, the Astmospheric Turbulence was truely pants. AR3012 -3007 was truely amazing there are inexcess of twenty spots in the active grouping I also did a little CAK and Continuum however...

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Hi Mark

Yes I agree, hopefully out this Friday as it may be clear

Experimenting with stacking software

Happy days

Rich

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Superb images, love CAK and yours are always just amazing A1 +

Rich

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Hi Everyone Many thanks for your kind comments, the image 1150 was taken at full res bin 1 with the 174 camera, I usually liked using bin 2 for frame speed, a few frames less but better detail, I will start using Bin 1 from now on, I am also looking at the Apollo Max 432 which appeals to me, I need ...

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Most excellent image, how do you like the Apollo camera

Richard

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I managed to get out for a while on Friday albeit very high fast moving cloud Everything was there although focusing was a chore andf tended to shadow portions of your image However it was warm and a pleasure to be there with the birdies tweating and my cat spread out on the ground like Garfield I t...

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Hi Brian

I agree, my experience with reducers has been hit and miss as well, however as Daystar did this one, I thought I would give it a try and it worked for me

after the Quantum direct to my camera

Rich

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Hi Dennis I was looking at those myself, I am using the asi174 which has cooling, which I do not use, I would prefer the 174 standard which I think the Apollo will be, I did use the 174 a couple of times for night work but I did not like the amp glow, seeing as I have the 2600mm thec174 became redun...

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Hi Franco

Glad you liked them, many thanks for your appreciation

Rich

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Hi Vin Hello for this side, I was not sure about the rising pier to start with, I bought it for rising above the obsy walls in the winter time. It surprised me when looking at the PC screen lowering and rising had no effect on the image, it was there at the top and bottom. Bonus addition My old fixe...

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Hi Maurits

Glad you like them and also like the reducer A1, with a little okay will fit anything Solar Spectrums and all

Rich

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Hi Alexandra

I thought I may struggle too with the reducer, but it was bang on out of the box, it comes native ag .5 and has a 20mm extension for .3, both worked flawlessly, and as a bonus eliminated the newton ring issue.

It was not cheap but I think it is a worthwhile addition

Rich

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Hi Marios

Glad you liked them

Rich

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Hi Mark

To be honest not really sure, the images are taken 2 x bin 8bit , then through Registax and that’s it apart from a contrast stretch

Rich

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Good afternoon everybody. Sunny but very windy today, still playing around with setup configerations Todays images are with the TAK130 Daystar .4 Quantum, and added to the mix is the Daystar 2" T2 reducer I was not sure what the results would be considering the cost of it however I can say I am...

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Hi Arne and Franco Glad you liked them, I had hoped to do some more today but house stuff got in the way, I was also waiting for the Daystar Reducer to arrive which will increase my field of view .5 & .3 apparently, it will be interesting to see how well it works, don’t know if anyone has anythi...

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Hi Guys Many thanks for your kind comments, it great fun, much to learn It was a lovely day yesterday, I captured loads but liked the above best. Does anyone know of anybody in the uk who does staking sm60 repairs, mine has one of the spots slipped/ moved to one side which I think is causing a shado...

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Excellent images, really sharp

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Good afternoon Everyone Been a nice relaxing day, with it cloudy this morning, I Noticed it perked up around lunch time, so headed for the Obsy Took a little while to get the Quatum up to temp and found time just to sit in th esun and absorb the rays a little The clouds wizzed by and and a gap appea...

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The animation itself is really stable, I like it a lot, the colour is great ,, are you guiding ?

Rich

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Hi Stu, Jochen and Brian It’s nice to be back, I will be playing a lot more with the setup, I just ordered the Daystar Reducer which hopefully will extend the range of what I can be seen, I am hoping that the pier will allow imaging through the winter months as I can rise the system above the edge o...

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