Mars comparison between C11HD and TAL200K

On Friday June 29,  my Helios colleague Walter,  joined me for a combined observation of the planets Jupiter, Saturn and of course Mars. I installed my ASI224MC camera on his C11HD telescoop, specific for Mars.
All pictures taken using Capture sofware SharpCap and stacking with AutoStakkert. Final editing done using CS4.

Mars with C11HD (Thx to Walter)

Some more Solargraphs

One of my pinhole camera's were installed in Neerglabbeek (B) with view on an open eastern horizon. Part of the south and the entire western horizon was blocked. The solargraph is perfectly captured and very clear.

Another solargraph was installed in front of a tower in Zichem. Unfortunately is pinhole camera was damaged as it was installed in a public area. So the photopaper was flattened and ironed and again scanned and edited using CS4. The result is shown below and quit good. The tower is seen in the front.

Weather Summary June

June was a warm and very dry month with only two days of rain.

Succesvolle Zonnekijkdag

Meer dan 200 bezoekers tijdens jaarlijkse Zonnekijkdag

Helios stond paraat aan de abdij van Averbode ter hoogte van het Moment voor de jaarlijkse zonnekijkdag. Met 9 Helios leden en 6 telescopen werden meer dan 200 kijklustigen tevreden gesteld.

De auteur druk in gesprek

Zonnekijkdag met de indrukwekkende abdij als decor

Helios leden aanwezig op zonnekijkdag (enkel Bart ontbreekt :c)

Zonnekijkdag 1 Juli 2018

In gans Vlaanderen is het vandaag zonnekijkdag. Bezoek de VVS website waar je de zon kun observeren.
Helios Averbode sterrenvereniging zal vanag 14h aanwezig zijn aan het Moment in de abdij van Averbode.

Jupiter during Twilgiht

Clear sky and tempertures around 25°C. In stead of waiting till it's dark, I started taking pictures during twilight. All in all, the pictures are quit good and I'm satisfied with this result. Pictures are taking with TAL200K and ASI224MC Barlowx2. SharpCap capture software was usen with some experiments to boost up the number of frames/s  Staking done using AutoStakkert and editing in CS4.

Sky at Night

Open clear sky and according to MeteoBlue moderate to good seeing .. let's wait and see :)