Saturday, November 7, 2020

Mars

During the day, the weather was perfect and forecast was looking good. Clear sky and a temperature near freezing point. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough and seeing was not good at all. Mars moved up and down on my screen and humidity was terrible. My best picture is shown below. 




Sunspot AR2781 Details with IR Cut

The sun today, november 7th, 2020 and sunspot AR2781. The overal picture is taken with solar baader film ND3.8. The inserts are taken with ND3.8 and IR cut filter and ND3.8 with Solar Continuum filter.




Sun and Sunspot AR2781 (ND3.8 - Solar Continuum)





This afternoon some high clouds but still good enough to take some pictures of the Sun. Sunspot AR2781 is still a very complex spot. Pictures are taken with ND3.8 and ND3.8 with Solar Continuum filter.



Friday, November 6, 2020

Sun with Sunspot AR2781 and AR2782?

This afternoon the Sun was covered with a very complex sunspot (AR2781). Also in the northern hemisphere I could observe a sunspot, but much smaller (AR2782?).

The picture is a combination of two pictures : ND3.8 and ND3.8 with Solar Continuum filter. Both pictures taken with Nikon D7500 and TAL200K f/8.5. Stacking and editing using CS4.



Mars Jupiter Saturn 2020 Compilation



A compilation of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. All pictures taken this year, 2020. 
Setting : ZWO ASI224MC, TAL 200K f/8.5, ADC and Barlowx2. 


Thursday, November 5, 2020

Mars and Mars Mapper

Mars, November 4th, UT21h20 compared with Mars Mapper. 
Picture taken with ASI ZWO224MC on TAL200K f/8.5, ADC and Barlowx2. Samples of 60s (127fps), and stacking with AutoStakkert! and final editing using CS4.



Wednesday, November 4, 2020





Mars this evening with an open sky. Seeing was good but towards UT22h00 conditions changed with moderate to bad seeing.

Picture taken with ZWO ASI224MC on TAL 200K/f8.5 and ADC and Barlow X2. Stacking with AutoStakkert and final editing using CS4.