Saturn - 20110414

Better seeing allowed collimation and this Saturn 2nd picture of this year's season. Transparency was not that good, making data acquisition very difficult for the Blue channel.
This is a LRGB, showing some red and green tints due to histogram equalization difficulties.
C11 @f/30 + DMK21AF(icx618) + Astronomik 2c


Luminance:

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Saturn - 1st season picture

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This is my first Saturn of the 2011 season.
I set the C11 up on top of the pier to start my Saturn season but had no luck with the weather. The clouds rolled in and I was only able to shoot on Luminance avi.
Could not work on the collimation so this is as good as it could get :-(

M51 - Remote controlled first light

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First light with full system ready.
I have finally managed to complete my project of setting up a remote controlled system, consisting of pier, mount, scope and camera. Control is possible via an internet based system, in which I can operate the system (laptop-mount-scope) with another laptop linked to the system.
No more freezing outside ;-)

FS-102NSV + ST2kXM + AO8
March 31st, April 1st @ 22h00m/1h14m
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Registax v6. - Jupiter reprocessed

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Last April 2nd Registax 6 was released. Time to go back to my old Jupiter avis I got in January and give them a new shot.
Registax 6 seems to be much better then v5, with its multialignment points and image processing is much quicker.
Great timing since Saturn season is right there.

March 2011 SuperMoon

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Pier and Remote control ready to rock!
Great timing for this SuperMoon; this is the first picture I got with the new system setup.
FS-102NSV f/6 + ST-2000XM; RGB 1x 0.002" per channel.
Leiria, March 19th, 23h10m UT.

Finally, Pier is almost ready. 20110118

I finally did it.

Pier is bolted on to the floor (though these pictures show it before I did it), and G11 is placed on top of it. Now all it needs is a perfect polar alignment. I am working on it now.
Still a few things to work out, but it is going quite smoothly. =:-D

Rupes Recta 20110113

First light with C14.
Low transparency and unsteady skies....
Can't tell if out of focus or decollimated scope!
Hopefully this will be the last shot before my pier is ready :-)