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- Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:27 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2681 and AR2682 - CPC925 w Quark - Sept. 24, 2017
- Replies: 7
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AR2681 and AR2682 - CPC925 w Quark - Sept. 24, 2017
Got out for the first time in a bit. Here's an animation and a still, shot with CPC925 w Aries DERF, 3x Baader, Combo Quark and ZWO 174MM camera. Processed with AS!3, AstraImage, IMPPG, Photoshop, DVS and PIPP. Comments and suggestions welcome. 2 hours activity of AR2682: http://cdn.astrobin.com/ima...
- Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:16 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Couple of Eclipse shots with Lunt 50 DS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2237
Couple of Eclipse shots with Lunt 50 DS
Missed the beginning running my son to school, but got a few shots of it with the Lunt 50 DS and ZWO ASI174MM camera. Chose that camera to give lots of elbow room. Should have an animation to share eventually. First shot I captured of eclipse. eclipse-frame1_lunt50_174MM_20170821_v1b.jpg And this is...
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:53 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sunspot AR2671 is a pretty cluster - August 16, 2017
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2023
Re: Sunspot AR2671 is a pretty cluster - August 16, 2017
Thank you Alexandra, Mark, Pepe and Val. Hoping for a bit more this weekend.
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:50 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Few images of AR12671
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1823
Re: Few images of AR12671
Excellent variety of images. Detail is outstanding in all wavelengths.
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:49 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: FLARE in AR12671 Aug 17 2017 C11 280mm + ARIES 295mm DERF + QUARK
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1423
Re: FLARE in AR12671 Aug 17 2017 C11 280mm + ARIES 295mm DERF + QUARK
Very nice, Valery.
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:48 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: The Sun is Round(Not This Morning)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1829
Re: The Sun is Round(Not This Morning)
Nuclear. Well done.
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:47 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: litle animation 14 of august
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1724
Re: litle animation 14 of august
That's great work Paul. Looks beautiful to me in both cases. Second one well worth the load time.
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:43 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2671 and a nice prom
- Replies: 2
- Views: 882
Re: AR2671 and a nice prom
Excellent. That prom shot is gorgeous!
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:42 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Still there
- Replies: 2
- Views: 822
Re: Still there
What a great spread. Nicely done.
- Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:41 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Today's SUN (20170818) HUGE PROM
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1456
Re: Today's SUN (20170818) HUGE PROM
Beautiful captures, Pedro.
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 4:49 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sunspot AR2671 is a pretty cluster - August 16, 2017
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2023
Re: Sunspot AR2671 is a pretty cluster - August 16, 2017
Thanks Franco and Valery!
This is turned fully clockwise, Valery, and is the best contrast I can get with this Combo Quark. I was also using the full chip of the ASI174MM.
This is turned fully clockwise, Valery, and is the best contrast I can get with this Combo Quark. I was also using the full chip of the ASI174MM.
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:12 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sunspot AR2671 is a pretty cluster - August 16, 2017
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2023
Sunspot AR2671 is a pretty cluster - August 16, 2017
Did a quick session for an hour this morning after checking out AR2671 on GONG. Shot with Aries DERF, CPC925 @ 7050mm, Baader TZ3, ZWO ASI174MM camera in FireCapture @ 10ms for 1000 frames, stacked of best 50. Processed with AS!3, AstraImage and Photoshop. Comments and suggestions welcome. Crop at 1...
- Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:59 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2670 and a few Proms - CPC925 and Combo Quark - August 7, 2017
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1186
AR2670 and a few Proms - CPC925 and Combo Quark - August 7, 2017
Sunspot came out really nice, proms not so much. Shot with CPC925 with Aries DERF, Baader 3x telecentric, Combo Quark, tilt adapter and ZWO ASI174MM camera. Processed with AS!3, AstraImage and Photoshop. Comments and suggestions welcome. AR2670: ar2670_cpc925_b3x_quark_20170807_v1_ps1.jpg And a few ...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:29 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Early ( wobbly) session 17'th July with Tal/PST mod
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1315
Re: Early ( wobbly) session 17'th July with Tal/PST mod
Nice shots. What temp in the UK is too hot for dogs? Mine lay out in the sun when it's 110F. But they're more like rats than real dogs.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:23 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 Flare Animation to Limb - Triple Stacked SM90 - July 15, 2017
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2645
Re: AR2665 Flare Animation to Limb - Triple Stacked SM90 - July 15, 2017
Thanks folks. I've had varying results with the deflicker filter. Nothing beats clean even captures, that's for sure. On a recent attempt with deflicker it made an even fade from beginning to end, which although evened it out, was not really the result I wanted. I think feeding it even-ish levels fr...
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:15 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 Mosaic over time
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1508
Re: AR2665 Mosaic over time
I did enjoy your series. Thanks for all the work!
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:11 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Last 12665 17 7 2017
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1699
Re: Last 12665 17 7 2017
An excellent farewell.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:09 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Last gasp for AR2665 on July 17
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1141
Re: Last gasp for AR2665 on July 17
That is a last gasp on the edge. Well done.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:08 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Firts light with SolarSpectrum 0.3A, C8 Edge-HD on July 14
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1938
Re: Firts light with SolarSpectrum 0.3A, C8 Edge-HD on July 14
I see we all are dreaming of this etalon. Looks fantastic.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:07 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Mr Wilson with a DSLR.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1962
Re: Mr Wilson with a DSLR.
Beautiful sets of rises.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:01 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: First session with ARIES D-ERF UPDATE 18.07.17
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7342
Re: First session with ARIES D-ERF UPDATE 18.07.17
These are wonderful. I need to come to Switzerland for lessons.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:57 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Faint Loops
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1366
Re: Faint Loops
Very nice Derek. Especially like the water reflections.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:55 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Experiment
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2743
Re: Experiment
Excellent. A successful experiment for sure.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:50 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: This is really bad seeing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 896
Re: This is really bad seeing
How long did you wait for a hole? :-)
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:47 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Prominences 18th July
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1818
Re: Prominences 18th July
That's just fantastic work. I dream of getting clean results like these.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:39 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Full disk from July 18
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1458
Re: Full disk from July 18
That was a lot of fun to scroll around. Great collection of proms in that image.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:34 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 19th July disk
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2358
Re: 19th July disk
I rested today, as the disk on GONG looked sparse, but you produced some lovely images. Thanks for shooting a quieter day.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:41 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2665 Farewell Animation - CPC925 w Quark - July 17, 2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1248
Re: 2665 Farewell Animation - CPC925 w Quark - July 17, 2017
Thanks all. Next time in such seeing I will throw on a focal reducer. I just got a .5x c-mount reducer so now I have .63x and .5x to use with this setup when seeing is not so great. I agree, Jozef, regarding the sharpening. I appreciate you giving your honest opinion. Over sharpening is one of my do...
- Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:29 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: 2665 Farewell Animation - CPC925 w Quark - July 17, 2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1248
2665 Farewell Animation - CPC925 w Quark - July 17, 2017
Took this AR all the way to the trees. Seeing wasn't very good, but I'll take what I can get with these limb shots. This is 207 frames, reduced 50 percent, from captures between 11AM and 1:16PM PST. Captured 200 frames every 40 seconds with AutoRun in FireCapture. Shot with CPC925 with Aries DERF an...
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:28 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 Flare Animation to Limb - Triple Stacked SM90 - July 15, 2017
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2645
Re: AR2665 Flare Animation to Limb - Triple Stacked SM90 - July 15, 2017
Thanks Derek and Alexandra. Pleased you enjoyed the animation. Here's where I got VirtualDub...I used the 32bit version for Windows10. http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/ and here's the deflicker plugin I had to install separately. http://findfiles.com/11684/details-msu-deflicker-virtualdub-plugin.html
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 4:21 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sunday's AR2665 - SM90 Double Stack Etalons - July 16, 2017
- Replies: 2
- Views: 690
Sunday's AR2665 - SM90 Double Stack Etalons - July 16, 2017
It was after noon before I had a chance to image today, so not the best seeing. May have over-sharpened the stills, so I under-sharpened an animation to compensate. ;-) Not as much activity near the limb as I would have preferred. Shot with two Solarmax 90mm etalons with BF15 and 3x TV Barlow on AT1...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:35 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Sol from the 15th of July 2017.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1191
Re: Sol from the 15th of July 2017.
Wonderful stuff.
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:34 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Solar, Lunar Jet transits and other transits | Pedro Ré
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1751
Re: Solar, Lunar Jet transits and other transits | Pedro Ré
It's an invasion! Amazing captures!
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:33 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: First session with ARIES D-ERF UPDATE 18.07.17
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7342
Re: First session with ARIES D-ERF UPDATE 15.07.17
What an amazing collection of images and animations! I think the setup is working. ;-)
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:29 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Almost gone
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1073
Re: Almost gone
That's super! Looks like a monster at that scale!
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:06 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 Flare Animation to Limb - Triple Stacked SM90 - July 15, 2017
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2645
Re: AR2665 Flare Animation to Limb - Triple Stacked SM90 - July 15, 2017
Thanks Eric and Valery. The flare was obvious during capture, and I thought I saw some bright spots near the limb after, but it wasn't until I animated it I really knew what I captured.
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:18 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 - Image and Hi Res Animation - July 14, 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2380
Re: AR2665 - Image and Hi Res Animation - July 14, 2017
Thank you very much everyone.
Time to get testing with the tilt adapter. Those interference rings have to go.
GreatAttractor - thanks for the tip on VirtualDub deflicker...now installed and using.
Time to get testing with the tilt adapter. Those interference rings have to go.
GreatAttractor - thanks for the tip on VirtualDub deflicker...now installed and using.
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:10 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 Flare Animation to Limb - Triple Stacked SM90 - July 15, 2017
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2645
AR2665 Flare Animation to Limb - Triple Stacked SM90 - July 15, 2017
Still triple stacking this setup with 2x Solarmax 90mm etalons and a Combo Quark with Baader 3x on AT115EDT scope with ASI174MM camera. I have not wanted to pull apart my CPC925 camera/Quark rig, so I just moved the whole camera setup over to the AT115 refractor the the 90mm etalons. Don't know if t...
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:15 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 - Image and Hi Res Animation - July 14, 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2380
Re: AR2665 - Image and Hi Res Animation - July 14, 2017
Thanks much Mark. I have been keeping your sharpening advise in mind as I process, and feel I've been improving. I have some habits that are hard to break. I cleaned up the above animation a bit, evening out the levels frame by frame in Photoshop so there's less strobe effect. Anyone know a tool tha...
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 4:54 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 - Image and Hi Res Animation - July 14, 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2380
AR2665 - Image and Hi Res Animation - July 14, 2017
Had pretty good seeing again this morning, and had the setup dialed in pretty well. This was the first capture of the day. I manually triggered about 100 captures, 10ms, 200 gain, 1000 frames and I'll see what I can do with an animation, or at least a series from the morning over 3 hours. I have a c...
- Wed Jul 12, 2017 8:51 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 in Ha @ 7000mm - Good Seeing - July 10, 2017
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2106
Re: AR2665 in Ha @ 7000mm - Good Seeing - July 10, 2017
Thank you all for the kind comments. I'm definitely pleased with the performance I'm getting at the scale I was hoping for from the CPC925. This is a shot from later in the morning, about 11AM, two hours after the first shot. Seeing held up pretty well, although I had to wait for this window through...
- Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:24 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 in Ha @ 7000mm - Good Seeing - July 10, 2017
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2106
Re: AR2665 in Ha @ 7000mm - Good Seeing - July 10, 2017
Thank you Mark. Got another capture from the day.
- Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:50 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 in Ha @ 7000mm - Good Seeing - July 10, 2017
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2106
Re: AR2665 in Ha @ 7000mm - Good Seeing - July 10, 2017
Thank you very much Peter. I think the overnight rain was the key to the seeing. The capture was at 100fps on my Dell PC laptop. I get better rates to RAM Disk on my Mac, but the Mac can't take the summer heat in my yard. Been 110-115F by midday. My PC also chokes full res at around 1000 frames. I m...
- Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:47 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 in Ha @ 7000mm - Good Seeing - July 10, 2017
- Replies: 12
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AR2665 in Ha @ 7000mm - Good Seeing - July 10, 2017
We had a bit of rain last night which I think helped cool down things for the morning. It was nice and clear, so I set up with the CPC925, Aries DERF, Baader 3x telecentric, Combo Quark, and ASI174MM camera. Took a chance and skipped the reducer I usually add before the camera.Captured @ 10ms for 10...
- Sun Jul 09, 2017 1:33 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: Fancy Proms and Spots - BONUS ANIMATION - CPC925 w Quark - July 8, 2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 926
Fancy Proms and Spots - BONUS ANIMATION - CPC925 w Quark - July 8, 2017
Seeing was very nice first thing this morning. Not sure I did the captures justice. I might play with this data a bit more. Shot with CPC925, Aries DERF, Baader 3x telecentric, Combo Quark, .67x reducer, and ASI174MM camera. Processed with AstraImage and Photoshop. Comments and suggestions welcome. ...
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:23 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 Animation - Triple Stacked System - July 7, 2017
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1183
Re: AR2665 Animation - Triple Stacked System - July 7, 2017
Thanks guys.
I will work on your sharpening suggestions Mark. Thanks. Might give this a re-proccess over the weekend.
Alfred, I primarily used IMPPG for aligning the animation, tried to tweak it a bit with DVS (Dave's Video Stabilizer). Assembled the final GIF with PIPP.
I will work on your sharpening suggestions Mark. Thanks. Might give this a re-proccess over the weekend.
Alfred, I primarily used IMPPG for aligning the animation, tried to tweak it a bit with DVS (Dave's Video Stabilizer). Assembled the final GIF with PIPP.
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 6:18 am
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: AR2665 Animation - Triple Stacked System - July 7, 2017
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1183
AR2665 Animation - Triple Stacked System - July 7, 2017
Not a whole lot of action, but it's a pretty clean animation. This was shot with AT115EDT refractor with double stacked SolarMax 90mm etalons and a Combo Quark, Baader 3x to the Quark, .63x reducer in front of ASI174MM camera. About two hours of activity, but I took a couple of breaks, so a couple o...
- Wed Jul 05, 2017 7:34 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: CPC925 Shots from July 2 & 3, 2017 w Bonus Animation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1928
Re: CPC925 Shots from July 2 & 3, 2017 w Bonus Animation
Thanks all. Looking forward to your high res images, Charles. The weather will break one day! No problem Mark. I wasn't in front of my machine when I wrote that. I was wrong with the High Pass % thing. Use it on a duplicate layer with soft light selected in layer properties and around .8 in High Pas...
- Tue Jul 04, 2017 10:25 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: CPC925 Shots from July 2 & 3, 2017 w Bonus Animation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1928
Re: CPC925 Shots from July 2 & 3, 2017 w Bonus Animation
Thanks folks.
Mark.. Deconvolution Blurring usually around 2.19, deconvolution sharpening use Lucy/Cauchy around .48 @ 1.49 strength. High Pass in Photoshop is usually sub-pixel, like .8 with 15%.
Mark.. Deconvolution Blurring usually around 2.19, deconvolution sharpening use Lucy/Cauchy around .48 @ 1.49 strength. High Pass in Photoshop is usually sub-pixel, like .8 with 15%.
- Tue Jul 04, 2017 6:26 pm
- Forum: This is SolarChat !!
- Topic: CPC925 Shots from July 2 & 3, 2017 w Bonus Animation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1928
Re: CPC925 Shots from July 2 & 3, 2017 w Bonus Animation
Thanks Mark. In AstraImage i do Deconvolution Blurring, then Deconvolution Sharpening. Then Photoshop I'll adjust levels and contrast, might do a soft light/high pass sharpen. So a few rounds of sharpening. Less when seeing is good and the stacks are sharper to begin with. Seeing wasn't the best tho...