Mars Feb 3, 2025

 

Image of Mars on Feb 3, 2025. The polar cap is clearly visible aswell other structures on the disk.

Setting

TAL 200K @f/26 using Barlow X3

ASI224MC camera and IR/UV blocking filter

Sofware: SharpCap 4, AstroSurface and CS4

Jupiter and Transit of Io with Shadow and outbreak in NTrZ

 

Transit of Io on Jupiter with shadow. Moon Ganymede can be seen left on above picture. Also visibel is the "outbreak" in the Northern Tropical Zone (NTrZ).

The ADC with my Barlow x2 was replace with a Celestron Barlow X3 (on loan from Helios colleague).

Mars

Image of planet Mars. It's the first time I could image Mars since the last opposition of 2022.

Setting:

- TAL200K with ASI224MC

- IR/UV cut and Barlow x3

- SharpCap, AstroSurface and CS4

Sun with Sol'Ex Feb 2

Very good seeing this morning and a blue sky., so perfect Sol'Ex time.

Setting:

TLAPO60/360, Sol'Ex Pro version and ASI678MM

Herschel Wedge

Software: SharpCap, Inti, JSolex and CS4

Slit: Gen2 7micron and 10mm width

Sun with Sol'Ex Feb 1, 2025

First time this year .. a blue sky .. the entire day. Imaging the Sun using my Solex v3 Pro version on TLAPO60/360 and ASI678MM camera. Solar protection was done using Herschel Wedge.

Some learnings: even though I decreased ROI, the camera did had a limit on fps. This had an impact on sx/sy values. I need to deepdive into this.

CaIIH Line with Sol'Ex 2nd Gen Slit

Image made on Jan 19, 2025 with Sol'Ex Pro with 2nd Gen Slit of 7micron and ASI678MM camera.

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