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I woke up early this morning to take my dogs for their usual morning walk and was greeted to a beautiful, sunny, windless morning.
I decided to set my rig up on my balcony as it gives me a perfect location to set up in the shade and wait till around 10:30am for the sun to clear my roof.
Here's the setup.
And just about the time I finished setting up...this happened.
I had to tell myself, patience Greg, patience...this too shall pass.
And eventually, it did. Here is what I managed to capture today.
Lunt 80mm Double-Stack Ha scope, ZWO1600mm, captured 2000 frames and stacked the best 40% in AutoStakkert 3.0!, processed in ImPPG and colorized in Photoshop.
Feeling lucky, I added the 2.5x Barlow into the mix for a few closeups. For these, I shot 1000 frames and stacked the best 30%.
The closeup shots are inverted in color for the surface features with the proms along the edge kept normal.
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 6-7
My Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
"The Hankmeister" Celestron 8SE, orange tube Vixen made C80, CG4, AZ-EQ5 and SolarQuest mounts.
Too much Towa glass/mirrors.
Solar:
H/A - PST stage 2 mod with a Baader 90mm ERF on a Celestron XLT 102 (thanks Mike!)
Ca-K - W/O 61mm, Antares 1.6 barlow, Baader 3.8 OD and Ca-K filters with a ZWO ASI174mm.
W/L - C80-HD with Baader 5.0 & 3.8 Solar film, Solar Continuum 7.5nm and UV/IR filters with a Canon EOS 550D. Member of the RASC
