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by solarchat
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: ASTRO IIDC User Group
Topic: @23 I want to donate 2x IIDC camera
Replies: 1
Views: 34

Re: @23 I want to donate 2x IIDC camera

Hi, I am the Director of the nonprofit Charlie Bates Solar astronomy project that also owns and runs this forum. We still use Astro IIDC at all of our events and supply various outreach providers with point gray cameras and Astro IIDC through our golden key as well. If you would like to donate your ...
by solarchat
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:18 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: full disk 3 11
Replies: 8
Views: 155

Re: full disk 3 11

100mm doublestack
by solarchat
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:04 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: full disk 3 11
Replies: 8
Views: 155

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by solarchat
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:11 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11
Replies: 20
Views: 415

Re: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11

all I’m saying is that every filament or prominence that lifts up and leaves the chromosphere does not turn into a coronal mass ejection. so, someone saying that they are imaging a CME when they are actually imaging and ejecting prominence is not accurate. It is pretty common and almost routine for ...
by solarchat
Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11
Replies: 20
Views: 415

Re: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11

barnstorm, I went over and watched the YouTube video you cited where the lady tries to make solar weather look like a news style weather report. I need to point out that nowhere in that video did she say that a filament being released is a CME. Also, all the wavelengths that they are viewing in this...
by solarchat
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:17 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: System outage March 21st at 2300GMT
Replies: 4
Views: 297

System outage March 21st at 2300GMT

Our new host dreamhost is going to be updating our servers and there may be a 30-60 minute System outage March 21st at 2300GMT Sorry for the inconvenience but we have almost hit 80 GB in storage and currently have, by far, the largest astronomy forum ever created. Keep it coming as we have plenty mo...
by solarchat
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11
Replies: 10
Views: 93

Re: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11

in a manner of speaking I guess you could say those ejected prominences “become” CME’s. I believe it would be more correct to state the active region or magnetic disturbance that caused the ejecting prominence may also cause a part of the corona to be ejected which is what a CME is. If I had a nicke...
by solarchat
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11
Replies: 20
Views: 415

Re: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11

in a manner of speaking I guess you could say those ejected prominences “become” CME’s. I believe it would be more correct to state the active region or magnetic disturbance that caused the ejecting prominence may also cause a part of the corona to be ejected which is what a CME is. If I had a nicke...
by solarchat
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11
Replies: 10
Views: 93

Re: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11

thanks for posting. Not to be a stickler but this is an animation of an ejecting prominence from the surface of the sun. Coronal mass ejections are not visible in a hydrogen alpha telescope as they are about 100,000 times as dim and diffused as a prominence and occur in the corona whereas the h-alph...
by solarchat
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11
Replies: 20
Views: 415

Re: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from plasma filament, March 11

thanks for posting. Not to be a stickler but this is an animation of an ejecting prominence from the surface of the sun. Coronal mass ejections are not visible in a hydrogen alpha telescope as they are about 100,000 times as dim and diffused as a prominence and occur in the corona whereas the h-alph...
by solarchat
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: April 2024 Eclipse Round-up After Party on Zoom April 14th 1800GMT
Replies: 4
Views: 442

April 2024 Eclipse Round-up After Party on Zoom April 14th 1800GMT

Solarchat is inviting you to the 2024 Eclipse round-up Zoom meeting and After-Party Come share your eclipse pics and experiences! Sunday, April 14th, 2025 1800GMT Solarchat Monthly Hangout on Zoom Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5813691822 Meeting ID: 581 369 1822 Passcode: [will be adde...
by solarchat
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: Total Solar Eclipse April 8 2024
Topic: Solar eclipse glasses
Replies: 4
Views: 158

Re: Solar eclipse glasses

good. I’m sure they’re fine. I’m sorry for being out but our sponsors rainbow symphony have had a very difficult time getting more film this year because of all the new people selling solar glasses like Daystar and Lunt. We have been out since October and I have 150 pair in my garage for anything I’...
by solarchat
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:27 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Hello after a long while!
Replies: 8
Views: 219

Re: Hello after a long while!

Welcome back!
You still got it!
by solarchat
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:27 am
Forum: Total Solar Eclipse April 8 2024
Topic: Solar eclipse glasses
Replies: 4
Views: 158

Re: Solar eclipse glasses

all of our nonprofit glasses come from rainbow symphony. I do not know any safe glasses on Amazon but I’m sure there are some.
I would be happy to send you some except we have been out since October
by solarchat
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:52 pm
Forum: Sunlit Earth
Topic: Georgia Barred Owl
Replies: 4
Views: 151

Georgia Barred Owl

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by solarchat
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:49 pm
Forum: Total Solar Eclipse April 8 2024
Topic: Total Solar eclipse 2024 and travel to Mexico
Replies: 7
Views: 3400

Re: Total Solar eclipse 2024 and travel to Mexico

lets keep the forum about solar astronomy please.
by solarchat
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:50 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: March 10th 1800GMT Solarchat Zoom meeting
Replies: 5
Views: 609

March 10th 1800GMT Solarchat Zoom meeting

Solarchat is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Sunday, March 10th, 2025 1800GMT
Solarchat Monthly Hangout on Zoom


Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5813691822

Meeting ID: 581 369 1822
Passcode: 21122112
by solarchat
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:47 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Full disk - Lunt 40mm BF600 first light! - March 2nd
Replies: 14
Views: 305

Re: Full disk - Lunt 40mm BF600 first light! - March 2nd

thanks for posting and welcome to the forum!
by solarchat
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:44 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Topaz Photo AI - opinions...? (+my latest image)
Replies: 27
Views: 682

Re: Topaz Photo AI - opinions...? (+my latest image)

nothing on the sun is sharp and there are no sharp edges.
We get people like McCarthy show up every couple years and then just keep pushing it further and further for more social media attention until they get caught doing something really stupid and fake.
Anyway, to each his own.
by solarchat
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Proms too messy?
Replies: 6
Views: 189

Re: Proms too messy?

me too
by solarchat
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:50 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Topaz Photo AI - opinions...? (+my latest image)
Replies: 27
Views: 682

Re: Topaz Photo AI - opinions...? (+my latest image)

I use topaz denoise for all of my wildlife photography and have found nothing that comes even close to the same quality. I have photo AI, Denoise, sharpen, and every other product they sell and I have found that they do not work as well on monochrome solar images as RGB 12-16 bit images. As far as u...
by solarchat
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:29 pm
Forum: Sunlit Earth
Topic: some sunlight at the marsh
Replies: 2
Views: 86

some sunlight at the marsh

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by solarchat
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:31 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Marsh Sun Feb 20 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 223

Marsh Sun Feb 20 2024

Hey ya'll. :) Had some extra wood from a project so I made myself a solar imaging station for the marsh property. I'm no carpenter but Ido know my math. :) These are images of our nearest star taken today from the Georgia coastal marsh using a custom made, externally doublestacked Lunt LS100mm with ...
by solarchat
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:18 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: new Hi-res photospheric telescope
Replies: 76
Views: 5341

Re: new Hi-res photospheric telescope

Hi everyone. Reading this post I am reminded of other forums where people “have to be right” about everything and it devolves into an argument about some issue rather than a friendly exchange of ideas and information. This gentleman has an exciting new product idea and is attempting to ask for input...
by solarchat
Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:51 am
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: February chat
Replies: 40
Views: 2970

Re: February chat

thank you for that post Maurits.
I’ve been feeling very irrelevant and a little use or value lately. Your appreciation of my years of work and expense on this forum gave me a great lift of the spirits.
by solarchat
Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:19 am
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: February chat
Replies: 40
Views: 2970

Re: February chat

Thank you for those stories, friends. For me, as a child in the 60s we would visit my grandparents house in Palm Bay Florida, just a few miles from Cape Canaveral, every summer. My grandfather was a retired Army Master Sergeant who served in England during World War II and in Germany for the reconst...
by solarchat
Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Solar Astronomy Outreach Experiences, Ideas and Techniques
Topic: Massive donation to the opening of the Kosovo National Observatory
Replies: 15
Views: 565

Re: Massive donation to the opening of the Kosovo National Observatory

This donation whittles down my telescope inventory to just one set for the Atlanta home and one set for the Marsh House. Since I gave away all the h alpha scopes except for my two original and irreplaceable Coronado 90s, I was able to get them out and clean them up for mounting on my Atlanta set up....
by solarchat
Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:07 am
Forum: Solar Astronomy Outreach Experiences, Ideas and Techniques
Topic: Massive donation to the opening of the Kosovo National Observatory
Replies: 15
Views: 565

Re: Massive donation to the opening of the Kosovo National Observatory

I changed out all the pressure tuning seals and put new grease on them as well as replacing the glass in the blocking filter before I shipped it so they would not have any problems. I also included extra blocking filter glass and extra rubber O-rings. I really hope it gets there in one piece. For th...
by solarchat
Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:05 am
Forum: Solar Astronomy Outreach Experiences, Ideas and Techniques
Topic: Massive donation to the opening of the Kosovo National Observatory
Replies: 15
Views: 565

Massive donation to the opening of the Kosovo National Observatory

last time I was in Kosovo, CBSAP Director there, Pranvera Hyseni, and I met at length with the president of the country and his minister of education to try and get the ball rolling on a public observatory in their country. A lot of you follow our Facebook page and already know how this has come to ...
by solarchat
Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:02 am
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: Solarchat Zoom meeting, February 11th 1800z
Replies: 20
Views: 1420

Solarchat Zoom meeting, February 11th 1800z

I have to travel this weekend and will not be able to host the meeting but Alexandra is trying to arrange for another host. Please check back on this topic for the correct hosting information which will be posted soon. Alexandra's Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94658584402 Meeting ID: 946 5858 ...
by solarchat
Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: Solar Astronomy Outreach Experiences, Ideas and Techniques
Topic: Awesome achievement that all our donors should be super proud of.
Replies: 9
Views: 354

Awesome achievement that all our donors should be super proud of.

One of our longtime affiliates of the Charlie Bates solar astronomy project is in Popayan, Colombia. Peter takes his gear all over the countryside and through the jungles to spread the science of the sun and astronomy in general with native populations. Last week he went to a remote jungle village a...
by solarchat
Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:58 pm
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: Solarchat Zoom meeting Jan 14th 1800GMT
Replies: 14
Views: 1727

Re: Solarchat Zoom meeting Jan 14th 1800GMT

Nic, It took me a day or two to respond to that because it was just so very kind of you to say those things. I will admit I have been feeling sort of non-relevant for a good while now as the technology in the hobby has passed me by. There was a time when I was “the man”, for sure, but listening to P...
by solarchat
Mon Jan 01, 2024 1:22 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Happy New Year and thanks members!
Replies: 19
Views: 1896

Happy New Year and thanks members!

Hey everyone, I’m the guy that owns the forum and tries to keep it running. Just a little history for new members that have no idea what this group is about. In 2008 I founded what has become the world’s largest solar astronomy and sunlight in nature nonprofit, named in memoriam to a fellow veteran,...
by solarchat
Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:37 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Thanks for the report of ChatGPT user/sorry for the purge this morning
Replies: 3
Views: 224

Re: Thanks for the report of ChatGPT user/sorry for the purge this morning

after doing some research and talking with various people, it seems that the whole ChatGPT generated nonsense is just a new twist on the “lost dog” posts on Facebook where a nefarious individual puts up some heart wrenching post about finding a lost dog in a sales group and then goes back after the ...
by solarchat
Sat Dec 30, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Thanks for the report of ChatGPT user/sorry for the purge this morning
Replies: 3
Views: 224

Thanks for the report of ChatGPT user/sorry for the purge this morning

We had to purge the cache and logout all users this morning after a report from one of our vigilant legitimate users (thank you) of an account (Pranav) that was for some reason posting quoted replies generated by ChatGPT. I’m sorry if anyone was in the middle of a large post and got logged out but h...
by solarchat
Wed Dec 27, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: Solarchat Zoom meeting Jan 14th 1800GMT
Replies: 14
Views: 1727

Solarchat Zoom meeting Jan 14th 1800GMT

please join us for a fun and informal chat amongst our wonderful Solarchat members.

Solarchat is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5813691822?omn=88110295468

Meeting ID: 581 369 1822
Passcode: 21122112

                    
by solarchat
Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:20 pm
Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
Topic: Apollo Cameras
Replies: 12
Views: 561

Re: Apollo Cameras

btw, I use mine in an LS152 as well and the entire disk fits on the sensor
by solarchat
Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:19 pm
Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
Topic: Apollo Cameras
Replies: 12
Views: 561

Re: Apollo Cameras

I will also add, as the Director of this nonprofit, that Player One Astronomy supports various outreach endeavors while ZWO does not have any interest in it.
The Apollo M Max is the official camera of the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project and therefore the Solarchat forum as well.
by solarchat
Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
Topic: Apollo Cameras
Replies: 12
Views: 561

Re: Apollo Cameras

same camera. the Pro has a cooler on it.
I use it without the cooler for Solar at 34° north latitude and it works perfectly.
by solarchat
Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: Custom-made fused quartz slits for SHG -- 9 micron x 12 mm
Replies: 15
Views: 2716

Re: Custom-made fused quartz slits for SHG -- 9 micron x 12 mm

WilcoS , you should be good now. you have to await moderator approval on the first message so we can make sure you are not a scammer. :)
by solarchat
Wed Dec 13, 2023 12:51 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 393,WL,CAK,HA 12.7 mosaic image Sunspot Photosphere /Chromospherer
Replies: 9
Views: 724

Re: 393,WL,CAK,HA 12.7 mosaic image Sunspot Photosphere /Chromospherer

I love the graphic showing the layers of the atmosphere
by solarchat
Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:53 pm
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: December Solarchat Zoom meeting! Dec 10th 1800GMT
Replies: 27
Views: 2363

Re: December Solarchat Zoom meeting! Dec 10th 1800GMT

a Zoom accojnt is necessary to sign in because otherwise it would be full of hackers. No payment is needed. Also, there were a couple of Russian names that I did mot recognize and I did jot allow them in because they also had no video. Tjis is exactly what the hackers look like. Turn on the “join wi...
by solarchat
Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:07 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: THANKS to the British Astronomical Association!
Replies: 8
Views: 899

THANKS to the British Astronomical Association!

Great big thanks to the British Astronomical Association (BAA) for renewing their yearly sponsorship of the Solarchat forum!

If you’re not a member, you should join!

www.britastro.org
by solarchat
Sun Dec 03, 2023 4:08 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Practice your skills with my avi files from today!
Replies: 7
Views: 633

Re: Practice your skills with my avi files from today!

I have about 900 TB more if you want it. :)
by solarchat
Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Practice your skills with my avi files from today!
Replies: 7
Views: 633

Re: Practice your skills with my avi files from today!

excellent! the uneven illumination is from blocking filter irregularities.
by solarchat
Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:29 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Practice your skills with my avi files from today!
Replies: 7
Views: 633

Practice your skills with my avi files from today!

I thought it might be fun for someone to practice processing these H alpha file sets that I took today. Here is a dropbox link to the RAW avi files if anyone would like to process them for practice. I would love to see someone blow me away with their skills. Let's see what ya got! https://www.dropbo...