It's pretty clear tonight after the brass band of my daughter. She's enjoying the views with binoculars and I am doing this.
First up is M29:
And then M27:
And then M71:
Pretty surprise to be able to capture M11 which is rather low in the sky, a very fine open cluster, the wild duck:
M2 is another pleasant surprise too, time to sleep after this one, a compact globular cluster:
I sold my Solarmax 60 / BF10, so my Tele Vue Ranger goes back to its original shape. The JMI focuser is removed and it's going back to its original 1.25" helical. The tube ring is removed too. The ASI 462mm could be sold too, since it's now only for guiding, a bit overkill.
I am selling my Canon FD 300mm f2.8 with the JMI focuser, together with the ZWO EAF Pro. I hope to find someone who could use it more than I do.
Serious deep sky imaging is not my cup of tea. I will go back to DSLR imaging or with ZWO Seestar.
Simplicity is the best.
The best telescope is the one that I can use most.
I began solar imaging when my kids were too small so that I dare not to leave them at home. Moving to Scotland makes solar imaging harder, I simply couldn't do it in winter since it's too low in the sky. I can go back to the night sky eventually.
I love solar imaging, but I prefer night sky. Setting up the equipments for a single target (the sun) is not really cost effective, I will need to go back and forth to bring all the stuff ready for a few shots. The bottomline is that, I still got white light solar filters.
Playing Mahjong with family until ten o'clock and the sky already got dark.
There is no reason not to take out the S30. Just use the time for brushing teeth might be good enough for a target or two.
Doing M57 as it was one of those best targets in the database for the day, 15 minutes of total exposure, no AI denoise:
And then M56 for ten minutes:
This is the second time (?) observing a partial solar eclipse in Scotland.
Some of the shots:
