Solar Imaging Session - May 29, 2018

The sky this afternoon is a bit cloudy and I initially thought that it is another bad day for solar imaging. But after a hard rain, the sky started to open up a bit but unfortunately, the Sun is starting to get low in the western horizon but I still proceeded to do a short imaging session on the new AR2712 Sunspot Group as well as a nice large Hedgerow prominence in the SE limb. Seeing condition is poor as expected because of the Sun's low elevation already but I'm still happy with the result nevertheless.

Solar Imaging Session - May 14, 2018

The sky this afternoon is partly cloudy and I have to fight the clouds for almost 3 hours under the heat if the Sun to get some decent shot of the Sun in Ha wavelength. 2 sunspot groups are visible with AR2709 Sunspot Group the slightly more prominent one than the departing AR2708 Sunspot Group which is near the western limb already. Both in white light are quite small and very inconspicious with pore light structure only. 2 nice prominences are visible in the NW and SW limb. There is also a possible new active region developing in between AR2709 and 2708 Sunspot Groups as it has some plage developing. I also use my old reliable TV-101 refractor for this session as it has been a very long while since I had used it so its a good time to let it taste the heat of the Sun once again.

Jupiter Imaging Session - May 9, 2018

Jupiter is at Opposition this evening so despite the fact that we here in the Philippines will be observing the boring side of Jupiter sans the Great Red Spot and Oval BA, I still try to setup and image tonight. Seeing condition is poor tonight. I was able to let the scope cool down for about an hour. Oh well, better luck this coming weekend again :0

Jupiter Imaging Session - May 6, 2018

Jupiter Imaging Session - May 6, 2018 The sky this evening is partly cloudy but I proceeded to try to image planet Jupiter with the Meade 8" f/10 SCT using ZWO ASI120MM webcam with 2x barlow lens and RGB filters. Seeing condition is not that good but I still proceeded after letting the scope cool down for almost 1.5 hours . The Great Red Spot is visible nearing Central Meridian, I also got to test my new Starbook-S which I locally made and it is working ok. I packed up after 3am feeling very tired but still happy that I was able to image Jupiter. I was planning to image Saturn and Mars as well but unfortunately, my Starbook-S battery run out so better luck next time.