October 13th
I reprocessed a meteor photo from September 12th 2018 using GraXpert and adjusting exposure.
October 13th 0010 GMT Skyscapes
There was a northern lights alert. I looked outside and
there was a lot of cloud but the clouds were lit to a high elevation. That
seemed too high to be reflection from the lights of Bath.
I set my DSLR camera to 18mm focal length, ISO 800 and 15 seconds exposure.
I took some shots in the direction of Jupiter.
I turned my camera northwards and took some shots. The glow
seemed greenish, so could have been the real thing bit I wasn't sure.
After processing these images, it was more likely that the clouds were reflecting lights from Bath and nearby towns, rather than the northern lights.
October 12th 1800 GMT Moon
After an unsuccessful comet hunt with my binoculars, I
snapped the Moon again with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/800
second exposure.
October 12th 1700 GMT Moon
I snapped the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO
400 and 1/500 second exposure.
October 12th 1610 GMT Sun
After a cloudy day, the Sun was out. I photographed it with
my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/1000 second exposure. I saw two
large sunspots through my camera viewfinder.
October 10th 1130 GMT Sun
There was a lot of moving cloud around and my back was playing up again. I had to be content to record sunspots using my binoculars and filters.
October 7th 1130 GMT Sun
After a showery morning, it cleared enough for me to photograph the Sun with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.
October 6th 2230 GMT Planetary Moons
It was a hazy night after a wet and stormy day. I
photographed Jupiter and Saturn with my DSLR camera at 300mm focal length, ISO
6400 and 2 seconds exposure, hoping to catch some moons. Unfortunately, the tripod was unstable in the wind and all photos were blurred.
October 5th 0830 GMT Sun
I photographed the Sun with my Mak and DSLR at my usual settings of 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. The Sun was alive!
October 5th 2340 GMT Planetary Moons and Deep Sky
I had waited for the sky to clear but it never quite did.
Jupiter was in a clear patch of sky but Saturn wasn't.
I attempted to catch Jupiter's moons with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure. Jupiter's light was spread by haze, so stacking could not work. I processed a single photo to reveal two moons.
I adjusted the focal length to 70mm and the exposure time to 8 seconds and went for the star cluster M37. I did not catch the right part of the sky but the view of the Milky Way in Auriga was quite nice.
Having seen a potentially interesting object between Jupiter and Aldebaran a few days before, I took a few images at the same settings. NGC 1746 is the star cluster above Jupiter and slightly to the right, the one I had seen. NGC1817 is the star cluster to the left of the bright star Aldebaran. I had not seen this before.
Cloud encroached from both east and west, spoiling any
chance of further action but, as if by magic, Saturn appeared in a hole in the
cloud. I returned my camera settings to 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and
2 seconds exposure. I did not capture Titan.
October 4th 0820 GMT Sun
I saw loads of sunspots through my camera viewfinder. I
photographed the Sun with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and
1/500 second exposure.
October 4th 2345 GMT Planetary Moons and the Seven
Sisters
My camera shutter release was not working perfectly but well
enough to overcome the problems of the night before.
I set my camera to 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2
seconds exposure.
Firstly, I photographed Jupiter, hoping to catch the moons. I caught three.
Secondly, I photographed Saturn, hoping to catch Titan. I didn't.
Lastly, I took a few photos of the Seven Sisters.
October 3rd 1200 GMT Sun
Following failed solar shoot, I bin scanned the Sun
and saw some of the sunspots that I had seen through my camera viewfinder.
October 3rd 0820 GMT Sun
I woke up to clear sky. I took my telescope and camera out. Although there were no large sunspots, there was quite a number of them since I last saw the Sun. I took a few photos at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure, as usual. Unfortunately, the shoot did not work.
October 2nd 2130 GMT Planetary Moons
It wad quite hazy, with a lot of cloud around but Saturn and Jupiter were showing. I set my DSLR to 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure. My remote shutter release was not working, so some images were blurred as I tried to capture the moons. Only one showed Titan and, even then, there was some camera shake.
