Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
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Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Although the day was beautiful almost all day, I could only manage a quick session and chose CaK with my grab and go 72mm f6.
20171029_CaK_FD_Colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr
Then in the evening a moon image.... No high res (very poor seeing).
20171029_Moon by Stuart Green, on Flickr
Thanks for looking.
Stu.
20171029_CaK_FD_Colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr
Then in the evening a moon image.... No high res (very poor seeing).
20171029_Moon by Stuart Green, on Flickr
Thanks for looking.
Stu.
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
They look good Stu! Quick disks are the way forward in such circumstances.
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Thanks, Mark. I agree.
This is how things looked through my 250mm RCT with a 2.5x Televue Powermate on a Basler acA1920-155um/IMX174. (Click to go to the animation on Flickr).
My Movie by Stuart Green, on Flickr
Alexandra, how does this compare with the seeing at your viewing site on Sunday?
Stu.
This is how things looked through my 250mm RCT with a 2.5x Televue Powermate on a Basler acA1920-155um/IMX174. (Click to go to the animation on Flickr).
My Movie by Stuart Green, on Flickr
Alexandra, how does this compare with the seeing at your viewing site on Sunday?
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Kinda reminds me of what I get with the HaT - it's like it's out of focus - it isn't mind, it's just the poor seeing blurring.
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Fantastic CaK, very sharp!! we were looking and commenting that you had lovely blue sky. We were plagued by mackerel cloud that seemed to be streaming in from the Irish sea down the Cheshire gap.
The moon full disc is great but the HiRes is a bit wooly. My seeing was also that horrible speckle seeing. I have words for that one, fast boil swimming pool. However I did have very sharp detail in between and Autostakkert has done a good job but I have a lot of noise and I saw more by eye. I think I need to take at least 2-5000 images and take 5% rather than a 1000. Have you checked collimation? I did a collimation check before doing the moon and it was off centre again. I need to keep my eye on mine till it settles down after my Bob's Knobs episode. I would do an avi of my seeing if I knew how to chop a ser file and create a small avi
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The moon full disc is great but the HiRes is a bit wooly. My seeing was also that horrible speckle seeing. I have words for that one, fast boil swimming pool. However I did have very sharp detail in between and Autostakkert has done a good job but I have a lot of noise and I saw more by eye. I think I need to take at least 2-5000 images and take 5% rather than a 1000. Have you checked collimation? I did a collimation check before doing the moon and it was off centre again. I need to keep my eye on mine till it settles down after my Bob's Knobs episode. I would do an avi of my seeing if I knew how to chop a ser file and create a small avi
Alexandra
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Thanks for your comments, Alexandra. I haven't checked the collimation of this scope yet. I was trying to purchase a Howie Glatter laser attachment for my alignment laser, but these are difficult to get hold of.
In between the crud I didn't see anything as sharp as you describe..... maybe there was just too much shimmering going on. I did the 5% of 3500 image stacking thing and didn't get anything like your images. Oh well. I'll see if things improve as the season progresses.
BTW, I use a SER to AVI converter and then use movie maker to produce a short MP4 sequence to upload onto Flickr.
Stu.
In between the crud I didn't see anything as sharp as you describe..... maybe there was just too much shimmering going on. I did the 5% of 3500 image stacking thing and didn't get anything like your images. Oh well. I'll see if things improve as the season progresses.
BTW, I use a SER to AVI converter and then use movie maker to produce a short MP4 sequence to upload onto Flickr.
Stu.
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More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
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Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Stu:
Nice CaK disc, but with that shimmering, it is hard to focus Moon features.
Best wishes,
Eric.
Nice CaK disc, but with that shimmering, it is hard to focus Moon features.
Best wishes,
Eric.
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Are you letting the C11 cool down Alexandra before imaging?Montana wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:06 am Fantastic CaK, very sharp!! we were looking and commenting that you had lovely blue sky. We were plagued by mackerel cloud that seemed to be streaming in from the Irish sea down the Cheshire gap.
The moon full disc is great but the HiRes is a bit wooly. My seeing was also that horrible speckle seeing. I have words for that one, fast boil swimming pool. However I did have very sharp detail in between and Autostakkert has done a good job but I have a lot of noise and I saw more by eye. I think I need to take at least 2-5000 images and take 5% rather than a 1000. Have you checked collimation? I did a collimation check before doing the moon and it was off centre again. I need to keep my eye on mine till it settles down after my Bob's Knobs episode. I would do an avi of my seeing if I knew how to chop a ser file and create a small avi
Alexandra
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Yes Mark, It was outside on the mount in the garden from 3.30pm until 6.30pm when I started imaging
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Nice images Stu (SUN & MOON)
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Many thanks, Pedro and Franco. Much appreciated.
Stu.
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Re: Sun and Moon Sunday 29th Oct
Many thanks, Derek.
Stu.
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H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/