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by IanL
Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:03 am
Forum: Solar Scope Modifications
Topic: DIY Solar Scintillation Seeing Monitor with FC support
Replies: 127
Views: 69519

Re: DIY Solar Scintillation Seeing Monitor with FC support

Paul,

Yes the code is pretty tight on memory. Another option worth trying might be to reduce the number of points stored and displayed for the graphs as they use a fair amount of memory.
by IanL
Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:37 am
Forum: Solar Scope Modifications
Topic: DIY Solar Scintillation Seeing Monitor with FC support
Replies: 127
Views: 69519

Re: DIY Solar Scintillation Seeing Monitor with FC support

Inspired by this thread, I built an SSSM a few months back with good results. I've written a detailed build guide here: http://www.blackwaterskies.co.uk/2017/06/diy-solar-scintillation-seeing-monitor-sssm/ - Full strip-board layout diagram included for the less electronically inclined. - Step-by-ste...
by IanL
Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:33 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Monster Prominence 3.5 Hour Animation (Ha) - Sun 11th Sept 2016
Replies: 10
Views: 1972

Re: Monster Prominence 3.5 Hour Animation (Ha) - Sun 11th Sept 2016

Great animation. Just one question: do you adapt camera settings during the 3.5h sessions? If you record for that long time, brightness level will probably change when the sun climbs higher. Maximum I reached was 45 minutes and even then I could see lot of changes and deteriorating seeing. I used o...
by IanL
Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:45 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Monster Prominence 3.5 Hour Animation (Ha) - Sun 11th Sept 2016
Replies: 10
Views: 1972

Monster Prominence 3.5 Hour Animation (Ha) - Sun 11th Sept 2016

My biggest animation yet, with a 100,000km prominence. 169GB of 500 frame SER files taken over three and a half hours. Took a while to sort out the processing but I have a much faster pipeline through AutoStakkert, Imppg and PixInsight for this type of image in future: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bNL...
by IanL
Sat Sep 10, 2016 5:14 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Prominence Animation Ha 3rd September 2016
Replies: 2
Views: 680

Prominence Animation Ha 3rd September 2016

Final bit of processing from last week's brief sunny spell. It's taken a while to sort out due to the last dozen frames being afflicted by high cloud and thus variable brightness in the background: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4Qu-wDuUruo/V9Q93e1rvlI/AAAAAAAAJa4/NdMKGBNTWXIdlDK5NTDNbrDk5huqxZ5zQCLcB/s...
by IanL
Tue Sep 06, 2016 6:14 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Animation of AR12585, Filament & Proms (Ha) 3rd September 2016
Replies: 5
Views: 1272

Animation of AR12585, Filament & Proms (Ha) 3rd September 2016

Just managed to crunch this one out of Saturday's data. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hj_iCp65hrE/V874d-HVfcI/AAAAAAAAJaI/6NIgd4uWV20kGcFmE7tAYm62wE1c7IdkACLcB/s1600/Animation.gif Scope: Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT, 2x Barlow Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod Processing: AutoSt...
by IanL
Sat Sep 03, 2016 4:16 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: AR12585 Ha 3rd September 2016
Replies: 2
Views: 727

AR12585 Ha 3rd September 2016

Great view this morning with prominences, filaments, sunspots and plages. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CTiP3BFhZFk/V8r0jk-DxJI/AAAAAAAAJYw/MdXyW8SjojI2Fu4aeQ3mF_C77fFCkhPsgCLcB/s1600/Sun_Full_16_09_03_08_21_07_g4_ap4200_Drizzle15_Invert_Labelled.png https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w1yoMjmxwmA/V8r0kwM5LbI/A...
by IanL
Sun Jul 17, 2016 4:08 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: AR12565/67 Ha 17th July 2016
Replies: 2
Views: 649

AR12565/67 Ha 17th July 2016

Seeing was not so great this afternoon, but I took the first decent opportunity since May to grab these: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFYYH_gfY6Y/V4urLBVbb5I/AAAAAAAAILI/n3rrS4Gv7UU4LU0YA8mAJhVvDSmLNENIgCLcB/s1600/Sun_Full_16_07_17_14_16_11_g4_ap3628_Drizzle15_final_colour.png https://3.bp.blogspot.co...
by IanL
Sat Jun 25, 2016 2:01 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Mercury Transit, Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT/ZWO ASI174MM
Replies: 2
Views: 671

Mercury Transit, Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT/ZWO ASI174MM

The weather has been so generally poor here that I haven't managed to get any new data since May, so still working on my processing attempts with the transit data that I do have. This is one of the better attempts - I can see a clear difference in how on-band the left and right sides of the image ar...
by IanL
Thu May 12, 2016 1:05 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: ZWO Camera
Replies: 10
Views: 2100

Re: ZWO Camera

Here is the setup with my ASI 174MM and Lunt 60. This is with the ZWO 1.25" nosepiece so if you're screwing the camera directly to the blocking filter then I rack it in slightly more. My ruler tells me that two fingers equals 4cm and the focuser is racked out somewhere between 1 and 1.5cm to be...
by IanL
Mon May 09, 2016 1:39 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Transit of Mercury, Ha
Replies: 7
Views: 1535

Transit of Mercury, Ha

Skies are getting very hazy now, so started processing: https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tA5-f8IV0FQ/VzCSj_MY2lI/AAAAAAAAHPQ/HecMZY4x5J0n58fSnLU8WoG7ilkQ1JgmACLcB/s1600/Sun_Full_16_05_09_11_14_38_g3_ap3531_Drizzle15_Invert_Final_Labelled.png Scope: Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture M...
by IanL
Mon May 09, 2016 10:04 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: AR12541/42/43 Ha 8th May 2016
Replies: 3
Views: 775

AR12541/42/43 Ha 8th May 2016

Just killing a bit of time processing yesterday's data whilst waiting for the transit to start. Took the day off and it's looking ok-ish but we're right on the line between the cloud to the South and the clear skies to the North so it could go either way. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c6aoiZRfVUc/VzBfo...
by IanL
Mon May 02, 2016 2:35 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: AR12535/36/38 Ha 30-05-2016
Replies: 3
Views: 728

AR12535/36/38 Ha 30-05-2016

A close up from Saturday. Looks like I am getting some banding with the 2x Barlow so may need to start taking flats. Not sure if it is Netwton's rings (would have expected a smaller scale if so) or banding from the filter - it's in the original frames so not down to processing. https://4.bp.blogspot...
by IanL
Sat Apr 30, 2016 4:47 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Full Disk Ha - 30-04-2016
Replies: 2
Views: 649

Full Disk Ha - 30-04-2016

Here's my first one from today (about 9:30am BST). Annoyingly managed to get the corner of the label poking in to the top right of the image, but too lazy to fix today. Stacking with AutoStakkert! 2, if I select the 3x drizzle, I can get much more detail on the centre of the disk than with 1.5x driz...
by IanL
Sun Apr 17, 2016 5:24 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Sunspot Animation (AR2529) in Ha 17th April 2016
Replies: 5
Views: 984

Sunspot Animation (AR2529) in Ha 17th April 2016

Another grab of AR2529 a week on from my last one: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YWlymusmjMw/VxPFEr2ePqI/AAAAAAAAHCk/1-A6lD21dSMzs2zF0TtyYwIcm1zzWuONwCLcB/s1600/Anim.gif Scope: Lunt LS60THa/B1200CPT, Meade 2x Barlow Camera: ZWO ASI174MM, FireCapture Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6, EQMod Processing: AutoStakke...
by IanL
Sun Apr 17, 2016 2:40 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Full Disk Ha 17 April 2016
Replies: 1
Views: 557

Full Disk Ha 17 April 2016

Managed to get out of bed before the clouds (just) this morning. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HfdUkIuLd0w/VxOerHuOGBI/AAAAAAAAHCQ/aXdPjvTCwRYfIzD0W73Fte995ebEMzIggCLcB/s1600/Sun_Full_16_04_17_08_44_08_g3_ap2308_Drizzle15_Final_Labelled.png https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WOsdxu1eOrA/VxOerKqekEI/AAAAAAAAHCU...
by IanL
Mon Apr 11, 2016 8:54 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Newbie - AR
Replies: 2
Views: 685

Newbie - AR

Hi all, some time lurker just signed up; some of you will know me from SGL. I recently got my hands on a new LS60 and ASI174MM following a lot of research (including on here - thanks for the help so far). Anyway, here are a few of my first attempts: AR2529, 11-Apr-2016, attempt 1: https://4.bp.blogs...