Closer and closer on July 5

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Closer and closer on July 5

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The weather today was stiflingly hot at 89˚F with all surfaces exposed to direct sunlight very hot to the touch. I hid my laptop table in the shade behind a leafy overgrowth of Boston ivy on an arbor/cat tower in my yard for this session.
The seeing would not support much more than imaging at 2700 mm with my 180mm Mak.

I have to say I don't remember why I ever stopped using my Chameleon 3 so long ago. It seems to be doing a great job.

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Beautiful details Lou! Starting to see the Wilson Effect on that spot.


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The light bridge really stands out in that large spot!


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Fabulous in every way, it is going to look even better right on the limb edge soon :bow :hamster:

I can't remember which Chameleon I have but it gives terrible Newton's rings in Halpha, does yours?

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Hi, Alexandra

My Chameleon does have Newton's rings but they are easy to manage with a tilter. The only cameras that I've had that didn't have Newton's rings were :

Grasshopper3 2.8Mp
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Excellent close up, Lou!!

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Lovely images Lou.


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