Wednesday, October 31, 2012

First 2012 season Jupiter



Average seeing and hazy sky.
C11, TV 3x barlow, DMK21AF, Astronomik IIc RGB
Oct 31, 00:00 UT

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Sun Full Disk (20120930 @12:20 UT)


LS60THaCPT/B1200 + DMK41.

Prominence time lapse 20120930



Time lapse (11h04/12h00 UT) with LS60THa + TV 1.58x Barlow + DMK41.
Still have to work on polar alignment to avoid field rotation...
I wonder if I'll ever get it set up on top of my G-11, since I don't feel like having my Taka 4" under direct sunlight.



AR 1582 Animation



The Sun between 11h04/12h00 UT, on Sept, 30th.
The Dark Spot is AR 1582. 
Seeing was not as good as usual... :-(
LUNT LS60THaB1200 + TV barlow 1.8x + DMK41.


Saturday, September 29, 2012

Prominence Animation 20120929



First Solar animation.
These proms were recorded 6 minutes apart (15h35 and 15h41 UT).
LUNT LS60THaCPT/B1200 + 1.8x TV Barlow + DMK41.



Sun 20120929 @12:01UT - LS60


Sun on Sept, 29th. between clouds.
LUNT LS60THaCPT/B1200 + TV Barlow 1.8x + DMK41AU.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

IC1396 - The Elephant Trunk in Ha


IC1396 aka The Elephant Trunk Nebula.
Takahashi 102NSV f/8
ST2000xm
Astronomik 6nm Ha
5x900"
20120921