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Thanks Bob. A decent result for 22s of capture. The Planetary LiveStack is on my to do list. I was thinking I can use the data for the above image and carry out some testing on the bench. I was hoping there might be some Gallery posts appearing which give details of capture/processing setting. Dave

A 2-panel mosaic, captured 18th Jan 2024 around 17:23, of a 50% waxing moon. Equipment: Celestron AVX mount, Celestron C8 SCT, Celestron 2X Barlow, Altair 183M camera, IR685 filter, JMI motorised focuser. Software: SharpCap 4.1 64-bit, Autostakkert 3, Microsoft Image Composite Editor, WaveSharp beta...

Captured 18th Jan 2024, very close (1°) to a 50% waxing moon. Equipment: Celestron AVX mount, Celestron C8 SCT, Celestron 2X Barlow, ZWO ASI120MC USB2 camera, no filters, JMI motorised focuser. Software: SharpCap 4.1 64-bit, Autostakkert 3, Registax 6.1. Capture details: 2000 frames @ 90fps (22s tot...

Robin

I have seen



in data captured by RoboScopes kit located in Spain. No info on the southern hemisphere notation.

Dave

Nick

Nice job capturing/extracting the faint stuff.

Dave

John I found this https://www.amazingsky.com/EclipseBook . Might be worth an $11 investment given how often these events come along. I found this via the astrobackyard website https://astrobackyard.com/how-to-photograph-a-solar-eclipse/#:~:text=As%20a%20review%2C%20a%20solar,a%20particular%20point%2...

John

A search on Astrobin for 'solar eclipse' gives many pages of images. Searching through these will give you some ideas for capture. Look for the ones that are 'Image of The Day', 'Top Picks' or have many 'Likes'.

https://www.astrobin.com/search/?q=solar+eclipse

Dave

John Try the site http://astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/ . Selecting an object (via Messier, NGC or IC), Telescope, Camera and Barlow/Reducer will allow you to make informed decisions about what can be captured by a particular combination of equipment. M51 = OK, M42 = not so good. Dave As...

Bob I think you are getting there. I know what you mean about the skies, I had the weather problem the other night in the UK at 53°N. Gave up on the 2x Barlow and ended up with https://forums.sharpcap.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=7217 . Remember for Jupiter: set gain to 70 (or 80) with a barlow, 60 without...

brenski I have a couple of Super-Takumar lenses and have managed to get them working with a Canon 7d Mk2 and an Altair 183C (fan cooled). See https://forums.sharpcap.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=35432#p35432 post #42. The optical train for the above is: Super-Takumar 135mm f3.5 M42 lens + M42 to EOS adapte...