Fabulous Sunday 18th June

[Montana]

I have processed a few from Sunday morning but I fear it may be a few weeks before I do all the rest.
Sunday the seeing was wonderful, like a steady picture so I imaged in all 3 lights. My CaK look better on the video, I am still not processing these very well

WL 140mm 5x
180617_074951 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

CaK 100mm 5x
180617_073817 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

H alpha 100mm 2x
180617_082825 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

180617_084227 colour by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

and full discs, best viewed from Flickr enlarged
2017-06-18 full disc by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

2017-06-18 full disc colour by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

I do have a little WL animation and some more unprocessed which may or may not follow.

Alexandra

[DJD]

Beautiful set Alexandra, the full size images are terrific. What time did you image as seeing dropped off dramatically here quite quickly?
When I set up at about 8:00 the view was great, by the time I started it was on the way down.
Looking forward to the next installment.
Best wishes,
David

[PDB]

Very nice work Alexandra.

Regards,

P

[ffellah]

An excellent set, Alexandra ! For the FD's, do you use ImPPG to even out the illumination of the disk ?

Franco

[Derek Klepp]

Great day of viewing thanks Alexandra.

[jp-brahic]

Very beautiful series Alexandra , quite smoothly processing

JP

[Carbon60]

Wonderful images, Alexandra. Those FDs are to die for and the prom is just glorious! Beautiful WL and CaK too.

Stu.

[banjo]

Whaouuuuuuu !!!!!
Superbe,bravo for this serie.
Paul

[Montana]

Thanks guys

David, I started setting up at 8am and started on the CaK by 8.15am, then changed to WL when the seeing went bad in CaK. When it went bad in WL I changed to Halpha. I always do hi res first, then drop down the magnification as the seeing goes down. So a sliding scale to the routine, CaK, then WL, then Halpha and in each case 5x then 3x, then 2x, then 1.6x until the end. The end at 1.6x in Halpha was 10.30am. I then went and tended the garden

Franco, the full disc was done at 1.6x so the frames don't have so much of a gradient as 1x but also it takes 13 images to make a full disc. I use a flat correction on all the panels and after stacking take them straight to Photoshop PhotoMerge and tick vignette removal. This then churns out a very flat image which needs no further work. I then put this full disc into ImPPG and just sharpen a little. Then back in Photoshop and tidy it up with a bit of contrast and colour and that is it. Basically a good flat is the key.

Kind regards
Alexandra

[pedro]

Great images Alexandra. Seeing controls everything. The HR images are superb

best regards

[marktownley]

Excellent results Alexandra! That CaK shot looks pretty good, certainly the max you are going to get at 100mm.

[krakatoa1883]

Very fine images, Alexandra, I like very much your processing style.

Have you used any contrast filter for the WL image ?

[mattwastell]

10/10 Alexandra - what a wonderful set! Thanks for the eye candy!

[eroel]

Alexandra:
Superb work, beautifully processed.
Best wishes,
Eric.

[Montana]

Thanks guys, yes for the white light I used a Baader continuum filter.
Alexandra

[gabrieli]

Hi, Alexandra

Thanks for showing what's above all my clouds. Heavy thunderstorms are in store here but Saturday looks promising.

Lou

[Valery]

Whoa! Absolutely nice series of different sun pictures!

I always looking for such a lucky series from our sunchanters!

Thanks for sharing!

Valery

[MapleRidge]

Well done Alexandra...an excellent session

Brian