AR12651 in Ha - 22nd April

Post by **marktownley** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:34 pm

Seeing was awful today, we have a northerly wind, and with cold air aloft is a recipe for instability and poor seeing, and that is what I got, despite excellent transparency between the clouds. I was using the 100mm Tal 100R refractor, double stacked quark, baader solar telecompressor and PGR Chameleon 3 with 2x2 binning to try and freeze the seeing. I like this setup a lot!

ar12651-ha-close-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr

ar12651-ha-close-colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Maybe more to come, sorting through the rest of todays images. Hoping for more sun tomorrow and hoping you all have clear skies!

Mark

oreoluna · Post by **oreoluna** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:34 pm

Hello Mark.
I like the black and white image very well. Great work out. Beautiful details exciting scene.
Jozef

ffellah · Post by **ffellah** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:04 pm

That is a truly beautiful image, Mark. It looks almost perfect in all aspects.

Franco

eroel · Post by **eroel** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:30 pm

Mark:
A very nice image in spite of seeing.
Nicely done.
Best wishes,
Eric.

Derek Klepp · Post by **Derek Klepp** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:47 am

Impressive Mark very similar resolution wise to the Lunt100.I was going to get a double stack but got diverted into camera lenses.Too many toys so little time.

Post by **Montana** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 6:23 am

Superb Mark! I love the B&W too, there is so much detail

I am hoping for some solar this morning

Alexandra

nickatnight · Post by **nickatnight** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 7:04 am

Those are beautiful, Mark. Definitely froze the seeing. Might have to try 2x2 binning as you've suggested to me. Not a setting I've every tried, quite frankly.

Post by **marktownley** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:44 am

Hi all, thanks for the comments. A couple more from yesterday, same setup.

filament-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr

filament--colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

ar12653-bw by Mark Townley, on Flickr

ar12653--colour by Mark Townley, on Flickr

Fishing the gaps in the cloud today with the HaT...

Valery · Post by **Valery** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:10 am

Very nice filament image!

Happy fishing today!

Valery

Post by **marktownley** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:37 am

Thanks Valery!

JohnW · Post by **JohnW** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:39 am

Thanks Mark - nice views considering weather lately and a quiet sun. Cheers, John W.

Carbon60 · Post by **Carbon60** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:41 am

An excellent set of images, Mark. The DS Quarks seem to work well together.

Stu.

Derek Klepp · Post by **Derek Klepp** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:17 am

Nice additions.

edobosz · Post by **edobosz** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:36 pm

These came up very well Mark. Looks like an effective setup. interesting the use of 2x2 bin, it worked well.

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