A solar system medley

[Dennis]

Here’s a collection of images captured under some quite good seeing conditions in Brisbane, over the last 2 nights and one from this morning.

Mars and Saturn were captured using an ASI224MC CMOS camera with a TeleVue x2 PowerMate.

The two wider lunar scapes were taken with a TeleVue x2 PowerMate and the Clavius region with a TeleVue x4 PowerMate which was a tad too much focal length – an x3 PowerMate might have got away with it. All with the ASI 174MM CMOS camera.

Sunspot AR 2546 17th May 2016 with a TeleVue x2 PowerMate and ASI 174MM CMOS camera.

All with a Tak 180mm F12 Mewlon.

Cheers

Dennis

EDIT:
Whoops – almost forgot the Moon – Jupiter close conjunction on Sunday. Taken with Canon 7D Mk II and 400mm F5.6L and x1.4 Extender.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Well done Dennis the lunar shots (especially) are stunning, just like gliding from above

[oernulfs (Ørnulf)]

Very nice images. The sun spot and the lunar images are spectacular

[RickS (Rick)]

Fantastic collection, Dennis! The Saturn image does it for me but they are all great.

[Saturn%5 (Graeme)]

Nice shots Dennis, Thanks for posting.

[h0ughy (David)]

oh there is a lesson to be learned here - admiration !!!! all done in the one night - different disciplines - magic.

the only thing letting you down was the seeing

[Derek Klepp]

A great day Dennis that Tak is very versatile.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Well done Dennis the lunar shots (especially) are stunning, just like gliding from above

Thanks Dunk, it was a busy couple of nights, followed by even longer hours of data processing!

Originally Posted by oernulfs

Very nice images. The sun spot and the lunar images are spectacular

Thank you, I appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by RickS

Fantastic collection, Dennis! The Saturn image does it for me but they are all great.

Thanks Rick, at times I wish the Mewlon was at least a 250mm or 300mm instrument!

Originally Posted by Saturn%5

Nice shots Dennis, Thanks for posting.

Thank you Graeme, I appreciate your comments.

Originally Posted by h0ughy

oh there is a lesson to be learned here - admiration !!!! all done in the one night - different disciplines - magic.
the only thing letting you down was the seeing

Thanks Dave, I am but an apprentice at the Hough Acadamy of complex, multi instrument set ups carted across multiple stateliness!

Originally Posted by Derek Klepp

A great day Dennis that Tak is very versatile.

Thanks Derek, the 180mm F12 Mewlon is an excellent grab and go ‘scope that settles down quite quickly.

Cheers

Dennis

[PeterM]

What a great collection of fine work Dennis!

[andyc (Andy)]

That's a very fine set of images there Dennis! Unusually for me, the first Moon was my favourite, very crisp, nice one

[astronobob (Bob)]

Top work and great show Dennis, , A trip through the solar system all in one neat pack, awesome

[multiweb (Marc)]

Cool Jupiter conjunction. Are we on for a similar pass next month?