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MapleRidge

These look good Pedro, and you seem to have a bottomless storage trunk to keep pulling scopes from

Brian

MapleRidge

Super images Petr

Brian

MapleRidge

Hi Rainer...

Your trial images look good, as does the setup you are using. Best wishes for clear skies !

Warren, it sounds like you have dome good options if the weather cooperates. Best of luck!

Brian

MapleRidge

Excellent work Petrus, these all look superb

Brian

MapleRidge

Looks very good Paul...nicecwork

Brian

MapleRidge

Thanks for the info Rainer. We are just north of the city of Mazatlan, roughly 20 miles north of the centre line but the difference will be minimal. Michael, we are currently staying in Toronto (Monday night) and have a direct flight to Mazatlan or Tuesday morning. Travelling with two long time astr...

MapleRidge · Re: March 31 2024 Observations Superb image Brian

Superb image

Brian

MapleRidge · Re: 28 March 2024 Well done Ralph... Brian

Well done Ralph...

Brian

MapleRidge

Good read of your session James

I had clear skies yesterday but no time to get out to the scope.

Brian

MapleRidge · Re: Full Disk and Animation of AR3615 3/28/2024 Nice work Warren... Brian

Nice work Warren...

Brian

MapleRidge · Re: 29 March 2024 Superb images and animation Ralph...excellent work Brian

Superb images and animation Ralph...excellent work

Brian

MapleRidge

These are excellent FD images Rainer...well done

Glad to hear the camera is working as you expect again too !

Brian

MapleRidge

An awesome FD image Paul...well done

Congrats on it being highlighted as the SPoD!!!

Brian

MapleRidge

Geoff...

Regarding the glare, I'm not sure of the cause this time.

I will have to take it all apart and check for sources. I though I had a bit of a light leak but once fixed it still had a lot of glare, so back to the drawing board.

Brian

MapleRidge

Eric, Wayne, Kevin, Maurits, and Mark...

Thanks all fro your comments and feedback...greatly appreciated as always

Brian

MapleRidge

Thanks Maurits

Brian

MapleRidge

Geoff and Warren, thanks for your comments and feedback on the images...always appreciated

Brian

MapleRidge

Really sharp images Alfred and the second shows so much detail

It will be good to see how the setup works with more tuning adjustments!

Brian

MapleRidge · Re: 24.03.24 big prom& spot Excellent shots Brian

Excellent shots

Brian

MapleRidge

Great images Warren...well done

Hope you get over the cold ASP too!

Brian

MapleRidge

Thanks to everyone who posted and commented on the session...always very much appreciated

Brian

MapleRidge

Good day everyone... Sunday offered another clear day to explore the great activity on the sun and I wasn't going to let it pass by ;) I only worked with the Ha filters as I lost a lot of time trying to get rid of glare and tuning issues, so by the time I was ready to image it was getting into the l...

MapleRidge

Good day everyone... This weekend has been clear and glad for it since there is such good activity to image on our star! I ran a series of FD images with all the filters with the ASI1600MM camera for all. Images through WL, G-Band and CaK filters were imaged through the Orion EON130 OTA. The WL used...

MapleRidge

These are fabulous Stuart...nicely done

Brian

MapleRidge

Glad to see you persisted Stuart, the final images look fabulous

Brian

MapleRidge

Great to see these images Mark...well done

Brian

MapleRidge

Superb image set David...well done

I think D is very interesting with the cross axis filaments...looks like skeletal ribs and spine of a enormous whale

Brian

MapleRidge

Superb images Marty...well done

Brian

MapleRidge

I has been a return to winter weather the past few days, March weather seems to be running in reverse :lol: Screenshot 2024-03-23 at 19-10-38 Ecowitt Weather.png More snow visited last night, and this was the views this morning: Snow_west.jpg Snow_obs.jpg At least the sun put on a good show today ;)...

MapleRidge

These new images look great

The M17 shot is particularly good.

Brian

MapleRidge

Excellent image sets that you have recently posted Oleg

Brian

MapleRidge

Great work Paul, and nice to see some results from this scope

Brian

MapleRidge

Very interesting model of the giant star.

Brian

MapleRidge

Superb FD image Rich...well done

The nose-piece length is the key...I used the same Baader unto for my FD solar and planetary work where i have it set of 1.6x as a result of it mounted closer to the chip.

Brian

MapleRidge

Hi Alexander... I have attached a pic of the DSII pair on the Orion EON 130 OTA. The tube was not shortened as it reaches focus in its native length but hasn't got much in focus travel left. You will have to do some tests to see if you need to modify the OTA that you have. I had this mounted on a Ce...

MapleRidge

Have you had above average temps and below average precipitation the past year or so? I am afraid that we could be in for a bad wildfire season if we don't get rain/snow melt to green things up. 2023 was bad out west, but even northern Ontario and Quebec had fires that filled the air with smoke. Fin...

MapleRidge

Thanks Stuart, much appreciated

Brian

MapleRidge

Hi all... Well, today is the Vernal Equinox and first day of spring in the northern hemisphere...the pics below were taken after work today but look much the dame as to what I woke to this morning. Mar19_Snow.jpg Mar19-B_Snow.jpg I think mother nature missed the memo about spring :lol: Winter has ma...

MapleRidge

Nice catch!!!

Brian

MapleRidge

Hi Alexandra...

Your deep sky first light images with the Seestar look good

Lots of good suggestions from those using the scope, so I'm sure that with some guidance and more practice your will be posting more in the near future.

Brian

MapleRidge

Thanks Michael and best of luck with your eclipse expedition

Where we are the eclipse starts mid morning, so don't think the meridian flip will be an issue but I'll have to watch where the tripos legs are setup to avoid the camera hitting one

Brian

MapleRidge

Beautiful images Rainer and congrats on the SPoD too

Brian

MapleRidge · Re: Full Disc 17-03-2024 Superb FD images Rainer...well done Brian

Superb FD images Rainer...well done

Brian

MapleRidge

Fabulous images Mark...well done

Brian

MapleRidge

An excellent set of G-band images Nic...well done

Good to read all the posts on the setups used with the filter to get the correct brightness.

Brian

MapleRidge

Mark, Franco, and Warren...

Thanks for your feedback guys, always appreciated

Brian

MapleRidge

Excellent images from the Seestar

Brian

MapleRidge

Rainer, Alexandra, Arne, Kevin, Maurits, and Rich...

Thank you for your comments and feedback on Tuesdays session...always appreciated

Brian

MapleRidge

Good day everyone... I had clear skies most of Tuesday, so I started to do some imaging and made it through the full disk shots before the cloud rolled in. It only lasted 15-20 mins but I was pressed for time so I shut down the scope. All FD images were taken with the ASI1600MM camera. The fist imag...

MapleRidge

James...

Oak sap/syrup would have to pass the squirrel test to see if it was palatable

Brian

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