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    • Saturn 26-6-2018

      Steve's Super Saturn

      Ibbo posted a topic in Planetary,

      C11 x 2.5 pm rgb ir filters binned 2 x2
       

       
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    • Lost Bakewell pudding found

      Found: Bakewell Pudding

      Craig posted a topic in General Astronomy Discussion,

      It's not a headline I expected to see on the BBC, but here it is:
       
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-44858410
       
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    • M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy

      Chris's M31

      Chris P. posted a topic in Deep Space Objects (DSOs),

      From the Astroshed@Sawley - nice to see this one clearing my neighbours roof. Plenty of tie to get more data on this one. 84 x 120 sec exposures ISO 800 with My Altair 72 ED-R and Canon 450d combo
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      Craig

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    • Sol 10-7-2018 ha

      Flare at 5 O'Clock

      Ibbo posted a topic in Solar,

      I was going to throw this data away but I have manged to squeeze and image out of it despite the poor seeing.
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    • Wymeswold saturday the 14th

      Wymeswold, Saturday 14 July?

      seven_legs posted a topic in EMS Events & Meetings,

      Myself and rob are planning to go to Wymeswold on Saturday night about 21:00 ish. Wondered if anyone else fancied it?
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      Craig

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    • slightly different look to NGC 281

      Peter Shah's NGC 281

      Peter Shah posted a topic in Deep Space Objects (DSOs),

      This is another version of NGC281 the Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia. Going over all my old data to produce a combination of narrow band and RGB. Exposure time was 3 hours in each RGB and 7 and a half hours in H-alpha 1 hour 20mins in both OIII and SII. Total exposure time was 19 hours 10 mins. Imaged with my AG12 Newtonian and H35 camera by Starlight Xpress and My AG8 and H16 for the narrow band data.
      Quite a complex process in Photoshop first combining the RGB as doing the normal curve stretches. Adding a separate layer in the Ha to get a real nice deep emission across the field. Then processing the S2, Ha and O3 and giving a soft layered blend to accentuate the core detail. Image data acquired with Maxim dl and CCD Autopilot.  
      Thanks for looking
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      Craig

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    • Don't miss Thursday's transit

      Thursday's Transit... From Pluto?!

      Tweedledee posted a topic in General Astronomy Discussion,

      Get your scopes ready. Last chance to see it for 161 years! The transit will be visible for nearly 10 hours though!
       
      On Thursday 12th July 2018 the earth and moon transit the sun - as seen from Pluto. 😉
       
      With Pluto's orbital period and inclination, I thought this would be a much rarer event than it actually is.
       
      Some interesting info in this article...
      http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earth-transit-from-pluto-july-12-2018?utm_source=EarthSky+News&utm_campaign=a0dfa33463-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_02_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c643945d79-a0dfa33463-395104529
       
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      Craig

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    • Back in the loop. Solar from today 07.07.2018

      First Light

      Graham posted a topic in Solar,

      After seeing Steve's brilliant images I just could not let another day go by without doing some Solar.
      I spent the morning fitting the antiquated motor drive back onto the new scope and trying to get my head around the wiring.
      Eventually got it sorted with the only casualty being my power supply which decided it could not handle the load and went pop.
      Back up twin power supplies installed and I was off.
      I must say for a DC motor drive it is really pretty good.
      Having said that I still cannot wait to get the stepper motor drive up and running.
      It took a while adjusting the motor speed to get it tracking correctly but I got there in the end.
       
      I was fighting a fair amount of haze and high cloud but for a first light with the new scope I am very pleased with the result.
       
      Doubled stacked 60mm Lunt
      Black fly camera.
      Captured in Firecap
      Stacked in Registax
      Tweaked in PS 6
       
      Monochrome
       

       
      False colour added in PS 6
       
      • 0 replies
      Craig

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    • Sol 30-6-2018 Ha

      More Stunning Solar Work

      Ibbo posted a topic in Solar,

      60mm Lunt Double stacked with 60mm Coronado and PGR Chameleon cam

      Arrrrgggghhh the NR's are back
       

       

       

       

       
      and an over cooked stretch to show the faint prom
       
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      Craig

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    • July Monthly Meeting

      July Monthly Meeting

      Craig posted a calendar event in Events & Meetings Calendar,

      This month's monthly meeting coincides with a lunar eclipse! Let's hope the clear skies continue! 🔭🌑🧐
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      Craig

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