A few more from late March and early April from Petts Wood

[Roberto]

The weather gods have been kind to us over the last few weeks...

Sun Ha & CaK - 19 March 2025 - 08:50UT - SHG 700

Published: Mar 19, 2025

Acquisition: 7 × 0.43ms

Equipment:
- Telescope: Moonraker 94mm F/7 Refractor
- Camera: ToupTek G3M 678M
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO
- Filters: Antlia Solar Discover Dualband Energy Rejection Filter (ERF) Antlia Solar Discover Dualband Energy Rejection Filter (ERF), MLAstro SHG 700
- Software: Adobe Photoshop, AstroSharp Ltd SharpCap, Cédric Champeau JSol'Ex, Emil Kraaikamp AutoStakkert!, Filip Szczerek ImPPG (Image Post-Processor), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight

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NGC3169, 3165, 3166, 3156 and others in Sextans - LRGB with NB

Published: Mar 25, 2025

Total integration: 25h 5m

Integration per filter:
- LP: 9h 30m (57 × 600')
- Multiband: 5h 50m (35 × 600')
- No filter: 9h 45m (117 × 300')

Equipment:
- Optics: Astro-Physics StarFire EDF 152mm f/7.5, Astro-Physics StarFire GTX 110mm f/6, Astro-Physics Stowaway 92mm f/6.65
- Cameras: Moravian Instruments C5A-100M, ToupTek SkyEye24AC, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1600GTO-AE
- Filters: Antlia ALP-T Dualband 3nm Ha & OIII 2", IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
- Accessories: Astro-Physics 0.83x CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 110mm f/6 StarFire GTX (110TCC), Astro-Physics 0.8x CCD Telecompressor for 92/105mm (92TCC), Astro-Physics F/5.7 CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 160f/7.5 StarFire EDF (160TCC), Moravian Instruments External Filter Wheel 7x50mm
- Software: Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA), Tom Palmer Target Scheduler

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Partial Solar Eclipse - 29 March 2025 - from London in Ha with interloper - including AR14043

This one got IOTD in Astrobin on 8 April 2025.
Published: Mar 29, 2025

Acquisition: 150 × 0.40ms

Equipment:
- Telescope: Moonraker 94mm F/7 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO ASI174MM
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO
- Filter: Solarscope 60mm Etalon
- Accessory: Meade 3x Telenegative Multi-Coated
- Software: Chris Garry Planetary Imaging PreProcessor (PIPP), Filip Szczerek ImPPG (Image Post-Processor), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Torsten Edelmann FireCapture

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And plane crossing animation:



Timelapse:


Abell 1185, including NGC3561 - Ambartsumian's Knot - in Ursa Major plus NGC3550, PGC34393 - LRGB

Published: Apr 5, 2025

Total integration: 20h 15m

Integration per filter:
- LP: 10h 10m (61 × 600')
- No filter: 10h 5m (121 × 300')

Equipment:
- Optics: Astro-Physics StarFire EDF 152mm f/7.5, Astro-Physics StarFire GTX 110mm f/6, Astro-Physics Stowaway 92mm f/6.65
- Cameras: Moravian Instruments C5A-100M, ToupTek SkyEye24AC, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1600GTO-AE
- Filters: Antlia ALP-T Dualband 3nm Ha & OIII 2", IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
- Accessories: Astro-Physics 0.83x CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 110mm f/6 StarFire GTX (110TCC), Astro-Physics 0.8x CCD Telecompressor for 92/105mm (92TCC), Astro-Physics F/5.7 CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 160f/7.5 StarFire EDF (160TCC), Moravian Instruments External Filter Wheel 7x50mm
- Software: Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA), Tom Palmer Target Scheduler

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Sun WL and Ha - TEC250MC and 94mm Christen-Moonraker - AR14054, 4048 and Prominences

Published: Apr 6, 2025

Acquisition: 150 × 5.80ms

Equipment:
- Optics: Moonraker 94mm F/7 Refractor, TEC MC250 f/20
- Camera: ZWO ASI174MM
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO
- Filters: Baader AstroSolar, Baader Solar Continuum (540nm) 10nm, Solarscope 60mm Etalon
- Accessories: Baader Glasspathcorrector 1:1.70 for Binoviewer with T-2 thread, Meade 3x Telenegative Multi-Coated, Sherizhe eADC
- Software: Chris Garry Planetary Imaging PreProcessor (PIPP), Emil Kraaikamp AutoStakkert!, Filip Szczerek ImPPG (Image Post-Processor), Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Torsten Edelmann FireCapture

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And one taken in WL with the 10" Maksutov:



M106 wide field - LRGB with dual filter data for narrowband

Published: Apr 8, 2025

Total integration: 31h 35m

Integration per filter:
- LP: 10h 20m (62 × 600')
- Multiband: 10h 20m (62 × 600')
- No filter: 10h 55m (131 × 300')

Equipment:
- Optics: Astro-Physics StarFire EDF 152mm f/7.5, Astro-Physics StarFire GTX 110mm f/6, Astro-Physics Stowaway 92mm f/6.65
- Cameras: Moravian Instruments C5A-100M, ToupTek SkyEye24AC, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1600GTO-AE
- Filters: Antlia ALP-T Dualband 3nm Ha & OIII 2", IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm
- Accessories: Astro-Physics 0.83x CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 110mm f/6 StarFire GTX (110TCC), Astro-Physics 0.8x CCD Telecompressor for 92/105mm (92TCC), Astro-Physics F/5.7 CCD Telecompressor Corrector for 160f/7.5 StarFire EDF (160TCC), Moravian Instruments External Filter Wheel 7x50mm
- Software: Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA), Tom Palmer Target Scheduler

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I was very lucky to acquire an excellent refractor in January and this last image was the first one taken with it contributing solely dual-band data:

[Carole]

Fabulous set of images Roberto.  Which one of the 3 is the new one? 

Carole

[Roberto]

Fabulous set of images Roberto.  Which one of the 3 is the new one? 

Carole

Thank you Carole! The one nearest.

[Dave A]

Fantastic images Roberto
I love the Solar eclipse with plane flying in front

[garrick]

Beutifiul Set up Roberto You just need to get rid of the tree in the background. Great result on Abell 1185.

G

[Roberto]

Thank you both!  Lucky catch with the plane.  And that tree is my neighbour's and although it blocks the north west sky for me, in a way is a blessing in disguise as London is there so it does help act as an LP filter!

Roberto

[garrick]

Best LP Filter I have seen. Beautiful.