C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

this is the main message area for anything solar :)
Post Reply
User avatar
Montana
Librarian
Librarian
Posts: 34527
Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:25 pm
Location: Cheshire, UK
Has thanked: 17523 times
Been thanked: 8763 times

C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by Montana »

Well, I think this weekend was a once in 30 year experience. We have had wall to wall clear blue skies for a full three days and it coincided perfectly with a May day holiday Monday. The seeing was also fantastic and today was better than ever. I was amazed staring at the screen and watching a near perfect solar granulation through the C11, it was the most beautiful experience of my life. Pity my images don't do the experience justice but then images are never as good as the real thing. I added some colour today for a bit of a difference.

C11 / ND3.8 Baader film / 3x Barlow / Continuum filter + UV/IR cut / Grasshopper 3

ImageSun_091231_07_05_2018_ colour by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageSun_091231_07_05_2018 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageSun_085150_07_05_2018_colour by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

ImageSun_085150_07_05_2018 by Alexandra Hart, on Flickr

I have a funny feeling I might never see these conditions again but I did enjoy it while it lasted :seesaw
Alexandra


User avatar
rsfoto
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 6124
Joined: Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:30 pm
Location: San Luis Potosi, México
Has thanked: 9243 times
Been thanked: 5503 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by rsfoto »

WOW WOW WOW amazing images


regards Rainer

Observatorio Real de 14
San Luis Potosi Mexico

North 22° West 101°
User avatar
Carbon60
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 14175
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:33 pm
Location: Lancashire, UK
Has thanked: 8355 times
Been thanked: 8103 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by Carbon60 »

Fantastic images, Alexandra. As you say, conditions that are all too infrequent.

Glad it's up and running well.

Stu


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/
User avatar
ffellah
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 11115
Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:46 pm
Location: Westport, CT USA
Has thanked: 9074 times
Been thanked: 5977 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by ffellah »

Fantastic clarity !

Franco


highfnum
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 2023
Joined: Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:33 pm
Has thanked: 57 times
Been thanked: 1173 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by highfnum »

wow your using full aperture?


User avatar
Ibbo
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 1425
Joined: Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:13 pm
Location: North of Nottingham England
Has thanked: 2415 times
Been thanked: 1641 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by Ibbo »

great stuff :band


mike h
Ohhhhhh My!
Ohhhhhh My!
Posts: 60
Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:55 am
Location: Crestwood, Kentucky

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by mike h »

Wonderful images. Job well done!


User avatar
PDB
Almost There...
Almost There...
Posts: 702
Joined: Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:23 pm
Location: Belgium
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 149 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by PDB »

Really amazing detail.
P.


User avatar
Christopher
Im an EXPERT!
Im an EXPERT!
Posts: 221
Joined: Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:07 am
Location: Cincinnati, OH USA
Has thanked: 33 times
Been thanked: 34 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by Christopher »

Really impressive Alexandra. The atmosphere was very well behaved.


Christopher

"Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which 'are' there.". -Feynman
User avatar
robert
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 3065
Joined: Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:49 pm
Location: N.W.Scotland
Has thanked: 4 times
Been thanked: 1252 times
Contact:

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by robert »

Great results and interesting experiments in your previous post with alternative filters. I must try the red filter some time. While you had sun we have had wind and rain as usual!
Robert
Last edited by robert on Wed May 09, 2018 3:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.


images and animations http://tinyurl.com/h5bgoso
2024 images https://www.flickr.com/photos/69734017@ ... 0313830045
2023 images https://www.flickr.com/photos/69734017@ ... 0304905278
2022 images https://www.flickr.com/photos/69734017@ ... 0295810277
ED80. ED100. SW200. Celestron-150mm-PST mod. C8 edge. ES127
LS60PT-LS60F-B1200. B600-Cak. PGR-Ch3-IMX265
Derek Klepp
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 12900
Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:02 am
Been thanked: 171 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by Derek Klepp »

Another great set Alexandra.


Bruce Girrell

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by Bruce Girrell »

Oh wow!
Beautiful granulation!


User avatar
eroel
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 9389
Joined: Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:45 pm
Location: México D.F.
Been thanked: 4883 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by eroel »

Alexandra:
Superb granulation images.
Best regards,
Eric.


User avatar
pedro
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 12238
Joined: Sun May 01, 2016 8:26 pm
Location: Portugal
Has thanked: 14 times
Been thanked: 6556 times
Contact:

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by pedro »

amazing images Alexandra, aperture rules


User avatar
yltansg
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 2783
Joined: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:33 am
Location: Singapore (1.3N, 103.7E)
Has thanked: 1423 times
Been thanked: 1386 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by yltansg »

Hi Alexandra,

Amazing!! Thanks for sharing the outcome of your experiment.

It is a pity they don't sell the larger format ND3.8 Baader film :cry:
Alfred


User avatar
GreatAttractor
Almost There...
Almost There...
Posts: 964
Joined: Sat Jun 01, 2013 1:04 pm
Location: Switzerland
Has thanked: 747 times
Been thanked: 753 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by GreatAttractor »

Wonderful images, Alexandra. Please try an animation next time, however short!
Montana wrote: Mon May 07, 2018 6:33 pm I was amazed staring at the screen and watching a near perfect solar granulation through the C11, it was the most beautiful experience of my life.
I know exactly what you mean, happened to me too on those handful of occasions when I've had a revolutionary increase in astrogear capability.


My software:
Stackistry — an open-source cross-platform image stacker
ImPPG — stack post-processing and animation alignment
My images

SW Mak-Cass 127, ATM Hα scopes (90 mm, 200 mm), Lunt LS50THa, ATM SSM, ATM Newt 300/1500 mm, PGR Chameleon 3 mono (ICX445)
User avatar
MalVeauX
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 1853
Joined: Tue May 09, 2017 7:58 pm
Location: Florida
Has thanked: 1142 times
Been thanked: 1329 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by MalVeauX »

Awesome resolution! Great captures!

Very best,


User avatar
Montana
Librarian
Librarian
Posts: 34527
Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:25 pm
Location: Cheshire, UK
Has thanked: 17523 times
Been thanked: 8763 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by Montana »

Thanks everyone for your kind words, I had the most fun in long time last weekend :)

Alexandra


User avatar
Astrograph
Im an EXPERT!
Im an EXPERT!
Posts: 241
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:00 pm
Location: London
Been thanked: 46 times
Contact:

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by Astrograph »

Great Images Alexandra. It must be all thanks to those screws ;) !


User avatar
mattwastell
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 5005
Joined: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:35 am
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 72 times
Contact:

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by mattwastell »

These are looking great Alexandra. I was showing these to my Son & he was amazed in what he was seeing - I told him each granulation was about 1000 km wide & he was impressed - I also got why can't you image them!!!!!


Matt Wastell



Look up, look good!



http://www.pbase.com/mattwastell
User avatar
marktownley
Librarian
Librarian
Posts: 42131
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:27 pm
Location: Brierley Hills, UK
Has thanked: 20240 times
Been thanked: 10113 times
Contact:

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by marktownley »

Superb closeup Alexandra! Let's hope it's not another 30 years for a sunny bank holiday :D


Image
http://brierleyhillsolar.blogspot.co.uk/
Solar images, a collection of all the most up to date live solar data on the web, imaging & processing tutorials - please take a look!
allhoest
Almost There...
Almost There...
Posts: 521
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:48 pm
Has thanked: 695 times
Been thanked: 496 times

Re: C11 out for a third time and it gets better and better!

Post by allhoest »

It is always a pleasure to see the granulation.
Congrats.
CS
Alex


Post Reply