Hello All
Some Sun shots in WL and a DSO I acquired whilst testing my new camera and reducer.
Sun WL - AR13340 - 25 June 2023
Info can be found here: https://www.astrobin.com/rdworx/B/ (https://www.astrobin.com/rdworx/B/)
Taken with 10" f/20 Maksutov.
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/ARNyiYSkRnYa_2560x0_8rVm238v.jpg)
And 13341:
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/edFAb9qfwG7T_2560x0_8rVm238v.jpg)
Unfortunately since then seeing has been very bad and we have had cloudy skies. On the morning of 2 July, I managed to capture the monster AR13354 before it went over the Sun's limb, this time with a smaller 94mm f/7 refractor (working at f/33 for the close-up shot).
Sun WL - 13354 - Full Disc and close-up
https://www.astrobin.com/wi0ufq/B/ (https://www.astrobin.com/wi0ufq/B/)
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/0PI0D9o_QK9k_2560x0_8rVm238v.jpg)
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/QjgxHOOBONAy_16536x0_fl7PM1YT.jpg)
Finally, whilst testing my camera and reducer for tilt and correct backfocus distance, I acquired (again) this area in Vulpecula:
LDN768, vdB126, LBN133, NGC6793 in Vulpecula - LRGB
https://www.astrobin.com/ccm8wa/D/ (https://www.astrobin.com/ccm8wa/D/)
Acquired with my usual tandem setup.
Dates: 25 Jun 2023 and 26 Jun 2023
Frames: OSC - 111×150″(4h 37′ 30″)
L - IDAS LPS-P2 50 mm: 22×600″(3h 40′)
Integration: 8h 17′ 30″
The sensor of this camera produces monster frames. Here's a (very) downscaled version:
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/8_13wMm_ffOM_2560x0_JLpiYtW8.jpg)
https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/8_13wMm_ffOM_2560x0_JLpiYtW8.jpg (https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/8_13wMm_ffOM_2560x0_JLpiYtW8.jpg)
Roberto
Great results Roberto. Quite a group of sunspots.
Great images Roberto love the dark nebula
I'll add another solar image here as it doesn't quite deserve a new post. Here's AR13363 which is a very large sunspot currently transiting the Sun's southern hemisphere. Unfortunately seeing has not been what it was when I took the other active regions above and the weather has been rather cloudy. But with a risk of not capturing this large spot at all, I decided to take a chance yesterday at midday. Here's the result:
Sun WL - 10 July 2023 - AR13363 - Poor seeing
https://www.astrobin.com/u5wwbl/ (https://www.astrobin.com/u5wwbl/)
Taken in white light with the 10" f/20 Maksutov and an ASI174MM camera.
(https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/H0kg2QL1pbSl_1824x0_8rVm238v.jpg)
Roberto