This is one of a sequence of images taken during the eclipse - these can be found in a separate gallery.
Acuter 40mm Ha scope with ASI678MM for the disc and 174MM mini with 3x Barlow for the edges.
Home 5th Sept 2026
A bit of practice before the solar eclipse on the 12th.
Acuter 40mm Ha scope with ASi678MM, processed with false colour staching the best 50% of 600 frames.
Home 10th Aug 2026
Acuter Elite Phoenix 40mm Ha telescope with ASI678MM. 30 sec capture for the disc and overexposed capture for the edge detail, stacked, sharpened and combined in PS. Inverted image. False colour applied.
Home, 29th July 2026
Acuter Elite Phoenix 40mm Ha telescope with ASI678MM. 30 sec capture for the disc and overexposed capture for the edge detail, stacked, sharpened and combined in PS. Inverted image. Falso colour applied.
Home, 1st Aug 2026
Acuter Elite Phoenix 40mm Ha telescope with ASI678MM. 30 sec capture stacked, sharpened and combined in PS.
Home, 1st Aug 2026
Solar activity and a large flare taken with an Acuter 40mm Ha scope and ASI678MM, processed with false colour.
Home, 5th August 2026
WO Megrez 72mm refractor with UV/IR cut filter, Daystar Quark, ADC, 0.5x focal reducer and ASI585MC air.
1min video extracting transit frames for a combined stack.
Home, 4th June 2026
WO 72mm Megrez with Daystar Quark, UV/IR filter, ADC, 0.5x reducer, ASI482MC colour camera.
Disc captured with 4x 60sec videos, stacking the best 15%. ISS captured during 120sec video, extracting the frames and overlaying onto the disc.
Home, 27th July 2024
7-pane mosaic with OMC-140, Daystar Quark, ASI294MC pro.
Home, 13th May 2023
Large sunspot responsible for the widely viewed aurora on 10-11th May 2024. 72mm refractor, Daystar Quark, ASI294MC Pro colour camera.
Home, 10th May 2024.
Solarcan mounted on the front of my house for year from April 2021. Scanned, inverted and processed in Photoshop. 1 year exposure.
Home, 2021-2022
WO 72mm Megrez with Daystar Quark, UV/IR filter, ADC, ASI482MC colour camera.
Partial disc captured with a 60sec video stacking the best 15%. ISS captured during 120sec video, extracting the best frame and overlaying onto the disc.
Home, 28th July 2024
William Optics 72mm Megrez with UV/IR filter, Daystar Quark, 0.5x reducer and ASI294MC Pro camera. Approx. 7 panel mosaic, each panel 2000 frames stacking the best 150 in AS!3.
Home, 10th Aug 2022
William Optics 72mm Megrez with UV/IR cut filter, Daystar Quark and ZWO ASI294MC Pro. 2.30min video c.2000 frames selecting the best 150. Processed in AS!3, Registax and PS.
Home, 6th Aug 2022
WO 72mm Megrez, UV/IR Cut filter, Daystar Quark, ZWO ASI294MC Pro. 3min video captured on ASIAir, processed in AS3! (best 150 stacked), Registax & Photoshop.
Home, 18th June 2022
WO 72mm Megrez, UV/IR Cut filter, Daystar Quark, ZWO ASI294MC Pro. 3min video captured on ASIAir, processed in AS3! (best 150 stacked), Registax & Photoshop.
Home, 18th June 2022
WO 72mm Megrez, UV/IR Cut filter, Daystar Quark, ZWO ASI294MC Pro. 3min video captured on ASIAir, processed in AS3! (best 150 stacked), Registax & Photoshop.
Home, 18th June 2022
WO 72mm Megrez, UV/IR Cut filter, Daystar Quark, ZWO ASI294MC Pro. 3min video captured on ASIAir, processed in AS3! (best 150 stacked), Registax & Photoshop.
Home, 18th June 2022
WO 72mm Megrez, UV/IR Cut filter, Daystar Quark, ZWO ASI294MC Pro. 3min video captured on ASIAir, processed in AS3! (best 150 stacked), Registax & Photoshop.
Home, 18th June 2022
WO 72mm Megrez, UV/IR Cut filter, Daystar Quark, ZWO ASI294MC Pro. 3min video captured on ASIAir, processed in AS3! (best 150 stacked), Registax & Photoshop.
Home, 18th June 2022