Sunday, 27 October 2024

Saturday Sunshine 19th October

Testing out a 'new' travelling rig, the palm sized Sharpstar EDPH50 refactor, a very nice little triplet. This has the benefit of being able to use for a bit of lunar too as we head into autumn. 20241012_150125 It performs really well on the sun with the little 1.25" Lunt wedge visually, and also for imaging with the Baader continuum filter. Next step is to try the G-Band filter for imaging... WL FD 50mm f5.5 2x cemax 540nm imx183 Western Active Regions 50mm f5.5 2x cemax zwo290mm Eastern Active Regions 50mm f5.5 2x cemax 540nm zwo290mm

Saturday, 19 October 2024

Comet Atlas 16th October

A busy week of Astro! 20241017_200145 IMG_6298 comet-atlas

Aurora! 10th October

aurora-1oth-august-1024px Even with the light polluted skies of home the aurora could still be seen!

Saturday, 24 August 2024

21st August Sunshine

CaK FD 40mm f15 zwo183mm Ha FD DS50 f7.5 1.6x tz zwo183mm departing active regions 50mm f7.5 1.6x  tz zwo290mm busy limb ds50 f7.5 1.6x tz zwo290mm approaching active regions ds50 f7.5 1.6x tz zwo290mm

Ha Sunshine 20th August

Ha Full Disk DS50 1.6x tz zwo183mm western limb Ha DS50 1.6x tz zwo183mm eastern limb Ha DS50 1.6x Tz zwo290mm

Friday, 23 August 2024

A Plane, A Pylon, A Perseid and the Aurora 12/13th August

Round 2 for the aurora the following evening. This years Perseids will be remembered for the aurora! Canon 250D 10mm f4 iso800 30s. persid-aurora-crop-bhs

Thursday, 22 August 2024

Aurora! 12th August

While watching for Perseids the aurora kindly put on a show around 1am when a G2 geomagnetic storm hit. Taken along the Shropshire Union Canal south of Brewood where the skies are a bit darker. Perseids-Aurora-BHS

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

Ha Sunshine 9th August

Ha FD DS50 1.6x telecentric zwo183mm departing active regions HA DS50 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm northern filaments DS50 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm Trio of Active Regions Ha DS50 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm approaching active regions Ha DS50 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm 20240809_095607

CaK Sunshine 9th August

CaK FD 40mm f15 zwo183mm approaching active regions CaK 40mm f15 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm central active regions CaK 40mm f15 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm departing active regions CaK 40mm f15 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm

Wednesday, 7 August 2024

CaK Sunshine 6th August

The skies were blue in between the fluffy white clouds so decided to take the opportunity to get out in the sunshine. Seeing wasn't great the closer the sun was to an edge of a cloud, but at least the transparency was good! CaK FD 40mm f15 zwo183mm central Ar CaK 40mm f15 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm approaching Ar CaK 40mm f15 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm ar13775 CaK 66mm f15 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm ar13777 CaK 66mm f15 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm ar13780 CaK 66mm f15 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm ar13781 CaK 66mm f15 1.6x telecentric zwo290mm