Sunspots AR 2565 & 2567 B&W

Some more editing of the pictures taken of the sunspots AR 2565 & 2567.  This time pictures are put on black/White and sharpen using unsharp masks. Never thought I would get this great result.

Noctilucent clouds in Averbode

This morning I could observe a few and faint noctilucent clouds above the horizon of Averbode (Belgium). The picture was taken 1h12m before sunrise.

Big Sunspots AR2565 & 2567

Two big sunpsots are now visible on the sun and one is unstable having a beta-gamma magnetic field. The picture below are made using TAL200K with Baader ND5.0 sunfilter.

Saturnus with ASI224MC & TAL200K

Using my AZEQ6 with TAL 200K together with ASI224MC I was able to take some first pictures of Saturnus. Stacking was done using RegiStax 6 and final editing with CS4.  Some blur is still visible and will be worked when time :)

Waxing Gibbous Moon 90%

Almost full moon - moderate seeing. Picture was edited using CS4.

Waxing Gibbous Moon 58%

Just after midnight  (July 13th), Moon is still bright. Picture taken using TAL200K on AZEQ6 using Nikon D60 in oculair. Minor editing using CS4. 

Moon and airplane

Lucky shot when airplane did cross the moon ... the exaust of the plane is visible aswell.