Cool. Thanks for the links, Alexandra.

Anything to help improve image quality is always welcome. We just need this to be available free and Windows compatible

Stu.

Hi Don,

As Alexandra says, use ImPPG for sharpening. AS!3 works well for image stacking. Maybe try the 80mm scope at lower magnification to capture full disks, or segments thereof.

Stu.

Good images, Peter. Do the horizontal lines come from the edges of the slit?

Stu.

Very nice close view, Peter. That Omega filter appears to work well with the Lunt module.

Stu.

Hi Steve,

Great images. What exposure speed did you use?

Stu.

Many thanks, everyone. I always greatly appreciate your comments.

Dave, near Longridge, not the sea, regrettably.

Stu.

Nice images, Eric. Looks like you had a productive session.

Stu.

Nice images, David. Challenging seeing, but good outcomes.

Stu.

Excellent SHG images, Joe.

Stu.

Nice images, Mark. It's a nice persistent patch.

Stu.

I rolled out the 250mm RCT this morning although the conditions were not good wrt seeing and the SER video files were quite a mess. Even with 2x2 binning, shortening the exposure time to 0.8 ms to maximise the chances of freezing the turbulence, I struggled to capture anything really 'solid' for Imp...

Just back from a short vacation in sunny Greece (regrettably without scope- it was painful to see such beautiful clear blue skies without having any imaging equipment). Thankfully the sun is also shining in clear skies over much of the UK this weekend, including my own little patch here in Lancashir...

Nice images, Peter. Getting better and better.

Stu.

Fabulous images, Lou. Lots of wonderful details.

Stu.

Lovely images, Eric. Nice large patch of plage! Hope to see this later myself, as it promises to be a sunny day.

Stu.

Nice images, Brian. Now a few days on, the disturbed plage looks pretty impressive.

Hope you get your equipment back up to par shortly.

Stu.

Nice FDs, Mark...... always worth a look.

Stu.

You have a remarkable eye for the 'artistic view', Derek. Lovely photographs.

Stu.

I agree with Alexandra.....I'm sure it was eclipse and then family

Nicely captured image, Matt.

Stu.

A grazing eclipse.....nicely captured, John.

Stu.

Fabulous images, Alexandra. Beautiful FDs and dramatic NCs.....finally! Thanks for the tip. I'll have to set an early alarm!

Stu.

Many thanks, everyone.

Valery, I just concentrated on granulation shots this session, trialling various combinations of filters, barlows and settings to get the best I could.

Cheers

Stu.

ffellah wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 30, 2018 4:41 pm

Great chromosphere images, Stu, very 3D. I am partial to the mono versions, as I think they show more drama and texture.

Franco

I agree, Franco. I think I could have processed the colour ones a bit better to preserve some of the detail.

Stu.

Many thanks, guys. Much appreciated.

Stu.

A few from this morning in red light using the 250mm RCT fitted with a full size Aries DERF. The seeing conditions were not great and the SER sequences looked pretty bad until AS!3 and Imppg did their thing. Processed in mono and colour with a bit of image cropping and refinement to give a 'closer v...