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!