a wee horrible AR1890 - why did i do it?

[h0ughy]

i rushed home from work this afternoon - it was clear, no cloud or smoke near horizon. so i greedily tried to get a solar shot off - OMG - what cruP seeing it was horrible and the sun being low over the roof of the neighbours house, the heat shimmer was unbelievable. so i slurped the photons - i was desperate - any port in a storm:sadeyes::question: they are two different runs

then i realised - i was stupid. so i gave up the solar to then put on my nightscape camera so i can chase a comet or two in the morning. then the high cloud settled in. at least i focused on Venus

[strongmanmike]

I recon that looks pretty good Dave :shrug: I can see the curvature of the suns surface and it looks quite natural, amazing spot, looks like a Melanoma ...nice rush job mate :thumbsup:

Mike

[Dennis]

Some nice detail and texture in there David - don't be too disappointed. Definitely more towards the end of a silk purse rather than a sow’s ear I would say.

Cheers

Dennis

[jjjnettie]

Not too shabby at all Dave. :)

[Larryp]

Looks good!

[Lee]

That's not too bad!
The seeing yesterday evening early on was quite good... I was getting FWHM's under 3", where they were well and truly over 4" the night before... then some misty/cloudy/hazy junk rolled over about 10:15....

[h0ughy]

the crap cloud is back again tonight. its smoke. i have an orange venus and moon, no stars really visible

[RobF]

Get a grip on yourself David - that's a great sun shot versus what most of us can muster, and you gave the gear an exercise.

Not your fault about the clouds. At least you don't have to feel guilty you're neglecting your beloved gear in the backyard now :lol:

[h0ughy]

now that hurts, two new cameras (well one anyway) i hate the smoke, the foggy crap in the air, and i cant get a break:drink::(:sadeyes:

[Derek Klepp]

Looks alright to me Dave. To get a shot anything near Dennis's clarity you need an aperture of at least 140mm and good seeing.

[astronobob]

Great Going considering Dave, A very good record of this hectic 1890 spot :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks guys - nothing like a superhero - The big D is an amazing benchmark

[Dennis]

Hi Dave

Once you are outdoors, collimated and ready to go, it’s really all about the seeing.:)

It’s those fleeting moments of steady seeing that lead to good, high resolution images; I’m just the lowly hardware procurer and operator, having suffered my fair share of AVI’s dispatched to the Recycle Bin due to average seeing, let alone poor seeing, this last couple of years.:(

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

i shouldn't say this out loud, but i was really hoping we would get lots of storms today with lots of rain - i want the air cleaned and purified with no more bushfires, no drought dust, no unsteady atmosphere....

the other sad thing you do when the seeing is beating you - you go to fancy ccd camera supplier sites and looks at cameras that can download data via fibre optics and have a 6gig image camera that is cooled shooting at 120 fps - then get the price and cry - they only want 20K for it:rofl: