TareqPhoto Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Hi all, I am new here, but i am sure some of you here are well known because we are all available in different astronomy sites or forums or groups. I am from Ajman, UAE, and I've got into astro back in 2017, i am still learning and consider myself as beginner or novice, and improving night after night, and i hope i can learn and share here in this site and enjoy or having fun, we will see, and please forgive my language, I am Arabic and English is my second not fluent language. Clear skies all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 How's it going Tareq? Welcome to the Yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TareqPhoto Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Nightspore said: How's it going Tareq? Welcome to the Yard. Not sure, keep going, have some situations, but i keep going, thanks for asking, what about you? Thanks for the welcome 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Welcome Tareq, your English is fine, so don't give that a second thought, just enjoy it over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TareqPhoto Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 Just now, Jkulin said: Welcome Tareq, your English is fine, so don't give that a second thought, just enjoy it over here. Thank you very much, John, so appreciated 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 17 minutes ago, TareqPhoto said: Not sure, keep going, have some situations, but i keep going, thanks for asking, what about you? Thanks for the welcome 😊 You're welcome. I'm fine thanks, although no observing tonight with that bloody supermoon lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmot Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Hi Tareq and welcome. You May feel like a novice, but you are a veteran to me as I have only been involved in this interest a few months. I have found this forum extremely helpful, understanding and tolerant of my lack of knowledge. I hope you find your time here enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Welcome to backyardastro! I hope you enjoy it! gabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TareqPhoto Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 20 hours ago, Nightspore said: You're welcome. I'm fine thanks, although no observing tonight with that bloody supermoon lol. Pity that i am so tired tonight after long playing, otherwise i was going to image the moon with new telescope and new camera, but it is ok, i always have nights for supermoon every month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TareqPhoto Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 15 hours ago, Marmot said: Hi Tareq and welcome. You May feel like a novice, but you are a veteran to me as I have only been involved in this interest a few months. I have found this forum extremely helpful, understanding and tolerant of my lack of knowledge. I hope you find your time here enjoyable. Hi Martin, Thank you very much for those beautiful words, i appreciate it, we all learn and start at some point, i was so dummy before 2017 and even in 2017, i damaged my first ever planetary camera and i was going to break my mount and i damaged it internally which costs me a new motherboard, you will learn in no time, be patient and read more and ask and enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TareqPhoto Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 14 hours ago, gabs said: Welcome to backyardastro! I hope you enjoy it! gabs Thanks Gabs! I hope i will, still new, will take time and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 27 minutes ago, TareqPhoto said: Pity that i am so tired tonight after long playing, otherwise i was going to image the moon with new telescope and new camera, but it is ok, i always have nights for supermoon every month. I might go out later to catch a rising Saturn and Jupiter. They're a bit low for me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 41 minutes ago, Nightspore said: I might go out later to catch a rising Saturn and Jupiter. They're a bit low for me though. Early morning then... here it’s impossible to see anything .. clouds everywhere... again ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 7 hours ago, gabs said: Early morning then... here it’s impossible to see anything .. clouds everywhere... again ! It was clear here with above average seeing (Antoniadi II maybe). The near Full Moon didn't help, but I could just make out M57 with a 60mm refractor, so it wasn't bad at all. Plus I got to see Saturn and Jupiter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TareqPhoto Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 11 hours ago, Nightspore said: I might go out later to catch a rising Saturn and Jupiter. They're a bit low for me though. I stopped planetary imaging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TareqPhoto Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 I don't know which target rather than clusters and galaxies i will image with my new color camera, not narrowbanding of course because i don't have those multi bands filter for the color camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 4 hours ago, TareqPhoto said: I stopped planetary imaging The planets are low in the Northern Hemisphere now and not easy. How about imaging double stars? I'm strictly visual but I've been observing a lot of doubles at the moment. The sky's full of them lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Nightspore said: It was clear here with above average seeing (Antoniadi II maybe). The near Full Moon didn't help, but I could just make out M57 with a 60mm refractor, so it wasn't bad at all. Plus I got to see Saturn and Jupiter. Did you actually see them? Here they were rising at 5 am where it’s already day light and full moon plus too low on horizon from my back garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, gabs said: Did you actually see them? Here they were rising at 5 am where it’s already day light and full moon plus too low on horizon from my back garden I'm at a high altitude above mean sea level, although the planets were still low. Saturn was at about 14 degrees at around 03:30. I could see Titan, planetary surface detail and the Cassini Division. Jupiter was visible to me around 04:30 at 18 degrees. I could see all of the Galilean moons with Io being close to the limb. Both the NEB and SEB were visible with some detail. I mainly viewed Saturn with no filters but did experiment with a Lumicon #11 and a Baader Yellow 495nm longpass. Later I switched to a Baader Neodymium for Jupiter. I observed both planets with a combination of a 10mm BCO and 9mm Circle T (orthoscopics) in an Altair 3x Tele Extender Barlow. These gave 108x and 120x respectively. Images by courtesy of SkySafari 6 Pro. Edited May 27, 2021 by Nightspore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabs Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 I wish to have the same position. excellent spot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 2 hours ago, gabs said: I wish to have the same position. excellent spot! Well, that image is SkySafari and not my back garden lol, but I am in the countryside and quite high above sea level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TareqPhoto Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 21 hours ago, Nightspore said: The planets are low in the Northern Hemisphere now and not easy. How about imaging double stars? I'm strictly visual but I've been observing a lot of doubles at the moment. The sky's full of them lol. They are not very low here in my area, they are always super clear to my eyes and they are getting higher month after month, but that wasn't the reason i stopped planetary for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TareqPhoto Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 My location is amazing for planets, i will not talk about seeing because that is not in my hand or anyone hand, it is what it is, we have excellent seeing, average seeing and poor seeing, all happens, but we have more clear skies and more steady weather most of the time, because of that i took the advantage in 2018 and part of 2019 to do planetary and lunar and many people liked my results so far, but then i stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightspore Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 39 minutes ago, TareqPhoto said: They are not very low here in my area, they are always super clear to my eyes and they are getting higher month after month, but that wasn't the reason i stopped planetary for now. I believe the planets are high viewed from the Southern Hemisphere, or at least nearer the equator. The UK is quite northern though. If it wasn't for the Gulf Stream we'd probably be living in permafrost lol. Anything in the sky lower than around 45 degrees you are viewing through a lot of atmosphere. I was out last night, although I only got a couple of hours until the inevitable clouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TareqPhoto Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 This is from the past i did, not bad but not as i want as results anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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