Whirling Prom Animation 20181007

this is the main message area for anything solar :)
Post Reply
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

Whirling Prom Animation 20181007

Post by Christopher »

This is my first attempt at a Halpha animation. Data capture was Sunday (10/7) between 1:17 and 2:02PM EDT. I did 10 seconds every minute for 45 minutes and ended up with 23 usable frames as seeing was pretty lousy. Here's the gear list for this capture:
Zeiss APQ130/Solar Spectrum Mod T-Scanner 0.6A FWHM/Baader TZ4/Astro-physics ERF/Astro-physics Mach1/PGR Grasshopper 3
Constructive criticism highly welcomed!!

Chris
ZTS-Prom-Ani-181007-Color-4-small.gif
ZTS-Prom-Ani-181007-Color-4-small.gif (1.75 MiB) Viewed 1585 times


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
ffellah
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Way More Fun to Share It!!
Posts: 11172
Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:46 pm
Location: Westport, CT USA
Has thanked: 9145 times
Been thanked: 6025 times

Re: Whirling Prom Animation 20181007

Post by ffellah »

Very nicely done, Christopher !

Franco


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: Whirling Prom Animation 20181007

Post by Christopher »

Hi Skyburner,
Yes! That’s amazing. I absolutely had a vision of whirling dervishes when I first saw the 45 frames in sequence and your rendition nails it. Thank so much! I used FireCapture, Autostakkert, IMPPG (sharpening), Photoshop (align and animate). I’m sure with time one develops patience but boy I’ll tell you, the first time around I just knew I had something and wanted to see it move :lol: I can see that I way undersharpened. And level adjust totally makes sense. From what you’re saying I gather I could load the 45 final frames in RegiStax and avoid having to manually align them in PS. Is that correct?


Thanks to you Franco!


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: 3069
Joined: Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:49 pm
Location: N.W.Scotland
Has thanked: 4 times
Been thanked: 1274 times
Contact:

Re: Whirling Prom Animation 20181007

Post by robert »

Lovely animation and great additions. I would add that ImPPG is very good for aligning frames too, anyhow all very interesting
Robert

menu item
imppg menu.jpg
imppg menu.jpg (56.99 KiB) Viewed 1517 times
screen to use for aligning
imppg align.jpg
imppg align.jpg (174.97 KiB) Viewed 1517 times


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
ED80. ED100. Celestron-150mm-PST mod. C8 edge. ES127
LS60PT-LS60F-B1200. B600-Cak. PGR-Ch3-IMX265
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: Whirling Prom Animation 20181007

Post by Christopher »

Terrific. Many new things to try. I really appreciate all the feedback.


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
marktownley
Librarian
Librarian
Posts: 42272
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:27 pm
Location: Brierley Hills, UK
Has thanked: 20437 times
Been thanked: 10245 times
Contact:

Re: Whirling Prom Animation 20181007

Post by marktownley »

Lovely results Christopher!


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!
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: Whirling Prom Animation 20181007

Post by Christopher »

20181007-f200-Extra-Sharp-CroppedBW.gif
20181007-f200-Extra-Sharp-CroppedBW.gif (9.03 MiB) Viewed 1423 times
Based on lots of great feedback here I've learned some new techniques and reprocessed this animation. I must say, the event takes on a bit of a different character. Rather than whirling proms, one sees quite clearly the massive double magnetic pulse unleashed through this prom group. Each of those pulses lasts just under 5 minutes in real time and they' occur about 20 minutes apart (the more powerful burst is first in sequence). Makes me wonder what I missed as I got clouded out at the end and still had some SSD space left :roll: This is all 44 frames (good and bad).


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
Post Reply