Friday, February 29, 2008
Hyginus rille from 15th Feb 2008
Here's another from the 15th Feb good seeing session which I hadn't processed until now. I was hoping that it would be part of a larger 3 image mosaic, but they didn't fit together too well. :-(
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Plato craterlets study
Here's my take on the Plato craterlets idea.
Thanks to David W. Knisely and his great research on the Cloudy Nights forum.
Thanks to David W. Knisely and his great research on the Cloudy Nights forum.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Saturn 27th Feb 2008 - RGB & Red filter
Average seeing tonight, although it always looks better when you're capturing ;-)
Saturn still seems really dull though, must be the tilt of the rings. For those interested, I'm capturing at Gain 895, Shutter 1/6, min Gamma/brightness. DMK camera with 3x TV Barlow & Astronomic RGB filters.
Saturn still seems really dull though, must be the tilt of the rings. For those interested, I'm capturing at Gain 895, Shutter 1/6, min Gamma/brightness. DMK camera with 3x TV Barlow & Astronomic RGB filters.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Plato from 15th Feb 2008
Here's is another Plato crater from the 15th Feb session, this was taken earlier in the session. 6 image mosaic.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
I got published again, again... Astronomy Now Magazine
Wow! this is a pleasant surprise. I went shopping in Marlborough today and popped into WHSmiths to have a look at the astronomy mags, and a Picture of Saturn that I took last year is in this years March edition of Astronomy Now magazine. This one here.
I'm well chuffed. :-) Thanks Neil Bone.
I'm well chuffed. :-) Thanks Neil Bone.
Friday, February 22, 2008
I got published again... Astronomie Magazine
I had an email the other day from the publishers of Astronomie Magazine in France, they wanted to publish my Fra Mauro Apollo 14 landing site picture from 26/2/07, and here it is:-
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Strange sky tonight
I think it was slightly more green than this shot, which has been converted from RAW, other than that it's untouched.
Below is the view from the other direction with the Moon. (larger file)
Below is the view from the other direction with the Moon. (larger file)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Rutherfurd 17th Feb 2008 - Good seeing, bad seeing.
Here's an example of the seeing that I'm getting in the UK. This image was produced from a 1500 frame AVI, 5 minutes later (thanks to the jet stream) the seeing had turned to this:-
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Copernicus & Clavius 16th Feb 2008
The seeing was really good tonight... and really bad, The jet stream was playing havoc with the focus, Completely blurred out at some points, but at other points crystal clear.
Saturn 15th Feb 2008 - Storm detected.
I can now confirm that this feature imaged here is a storm on Saturn.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Video from 12th Feb Saturn capture session.
Here's a short extract from the red channel capture for the 12th Feb 2008 Saturn AVI, to show the seeing conditions.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Saturn 12th Feb 2008
Just managed to capture this Saturn before the really dense fog rolled in. Ten minutes later and I'd have missed it. :-)
