May 31 2015 What 150mm is capable of. PICTURE ADDED.
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May 31 2015 What 150mm is capable of. PICTURE ADDED.
Hi all,
Today I started to use my lawn at backyard as the observatory place instead of balcony at 50m above a ground.
I can say that seeing is noticeably less steady, but some moments still excellent. So, as high from the ground as better as more frequentl the seeing.
Double Stack helps to underline filamentary structure of the sub surface in apper chromosphere.
SW 150mm F/5 refractor + Aries full aperture ERF filter + ARIES Solar kit + LS50 DS + PGR Flea3 GigE ICX445 mono camera.
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Valery.
Today I started to use my lawn at backyard as the observatory place instead of balcony at 50m above a ground.
I can say that seeing is noticeably less steady, but some moments still excellent. So, as high from the ground as better as more frequentl the seeing.
Double Stack helps to underline filamentary structure of the sub surface in apper chromosphere.
SW 150mm F/5 refractor + Aries full aperture ERF filter + ARIES Solar kit + LS50 DS + PGR Flea3 GigE ICX445 mono camera.
Thanks for looking.
Valery.
Last edited by Valery on Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:50 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: May 31 2015 What 150mm is capable of. EXCELLENT seeing.
Really good shots! fantastic detail there Valery! Observing 50 metres up is quite high.
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Re: May 31 2015 What 150mm is capable of. EXCELLENT seeing.
Excellent detail Valery. The lawn should be O.K. but not looking over buildings, roads, vehicles etc.... that cause thermals. At 50m high the air flow I would think would be quite laminar hence better seeing. Still great images.
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Re: May 31 2015 What 150mm is capable of. EXCELLENT seeing.
Hi Valery,
Nice set of images from the lawn.
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Nice set of images from the lawn.
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Hi Valery
very lovely shots from the lawn
very lovely shots from the lawn
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Fantastic detail!
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Great prom shots, Valery. I also like how you maintained detail in the bright areas of the filament images.
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Re: May 31 2015 What 150mm is capable of. EXCELLENT seeing.
Cracking images, Valery. I don't think I've ever experienced excellent seeing. Usually we have the Jetstream, or just awful general turbulence here in the UK, especially with roadways, house roofs and trees to contend with!
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Here is relatively "desert" solar face area and you can see how much swirls and short thin filaments can be photographed through a 150mm aperture at good seeing and proper filtration. I believe that even during solar minimum many interesting events can be enjoyned.gabrieli wrote:Great prom shots, Valery. I also like how you maintained detail in the bright areas of the filament images.
Lou
To see the full resolution, click on the image, please.
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Valery:
Superb resolution.
Best wishes,
Eric.
Superb resolution.
Best wishes,
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A very good session especially the proms
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Fantastic shots with great resolution. I agree even a "quiet" sun is beautiful at high-res. Maybe I need a Lunt 152 for solar min!
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Kevin,KMH wrote:Fantastic shots with great resolution. I agree even a "quiet" sun is beautiful at high-res. Maybe I need a Lunt 152 for solar min!
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Hi Valery
a very fine addition
a very fine addition
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Re: May 31 2015 What 150mm is capable of. EXCELLENT seeing.
Very good images Valery. I also agree that we should be able to continue imaging interesting details despite solar lull.
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Unfortunately, the desire itself is not enough. Sufficient aperture (at least 5", better 6" and up) and really narrow filter are necessary.edobosz wrote:Very good images Valery. I also agree that we should be able to continue imaging interesting details despite solar lull.
Ted
As well as... the seeing! The deeper minimum, the smaller the scale of the changes on the sun surface!
I personally am going to use my perfect optically C14 with very narrow filter in H-a and 6" to 11" aperture and double stacked filter in CaK.
Hope that this will be enough to keep me busy and interested in solar activity patrolling at the sun minimum.
This cost a lot, of course, but well worth of money spent. I did the next in a row step - I have bough an EQ8 mount for the C14.
I will mount C14 on it and two refractors 150mm and 100mm in parallel to C14.
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Hi Valery
that will be a giant setup. Let's us see pics once you are ready
that will be a giant setup. Let's us see pics once you are ready
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OK, Walter. I will do.swisswalter wrote:Hi Valery
that will be a giant setup. Let's us see pics once you are ready
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Found some more time to process the pictures of this day on the Sun.
Some tiny prominences were there too, but as imapressive as large ones, but still interesting to look at.
Click on it for a full resolution.
Valery.
Some tiny prominences were there too, but as imapressive as large ones, but still interesting to look at.
Click on it for a full resolution.
Valery.
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Thank you, Mark and GUS!
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