Some solar, some lunar - from Petts Wood

[Roberto]

I am still working on a couple of DSOs but with the dire weather we've had, it's taken a long time to finish them.  In the meantime, a few lunar a solar shots taken over the last few weeks:

Moon - 29 April 2023 - 19:51UT - IR

https://www.astrobin.com/gpm8hf/D/

Rupes Recta



Copernicus in shadow



Plato and the Hook





All taken with a 10" f/20 Maksutov and a planetary camera (ASI462MC). Details in the link above.

Sun Ha - 14 May 2023 - Full Disc, FilaProm and ARs 13301 to 305

https://www.astrobin.com/s3qefu/D/

Active Regions 13301 to 13305



Full Disc



FilaProm



Good seeing allowed some solar this past weekend.  All taken using a 94mm refractor at different EFLs.

Roberto

[Dave A]

Roberto
Nice Moon images with shadow contrast
 

[Carole]

Great images Roberto. 
At least I now have something to show at the next meeting other than two of my own lol.

Carole

[Roberto]

Thank you Carole and Dave!  My allsky camera is now up and running (http://allsky.boterosanchez.co.uk) and last night capture either an Iridium flare or a meteor flash and the ISS:



You can see the timelapses here:  http://allsky.boterosanchez.co.uk/videos/

Roberto

[Dave A]

Roberto
Great timelapse
Its amazing the detail you can see of star trails, comets, ISS.
I would like to do this myself.
I will have a chat with you at next OAS meeting
 

[Fay]

Fantastic set of images Roberto


Fay

[Rick]

either an Iridium flare or a meteor flash

The usual diagnostic is the speed with which the event happens. It seems the time-lapse frames have quite large gaps between them, so the chance of a meteor appearing on more than one frame is very small.  Looking closely at the time-lapse, that flash event seems to be related to a satellite trail in frames both before and after the bright flash, so it's definitely caused by a satellite reflecting the Sun. Would have been quite a sight to catch live.