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Today's SUN (20181206) | AR12729 (added video)

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Today's SUN (20181206) | AR12729

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Solar imaging session (20181206) | Pedro RE'
TV101 (WL, Ca-K, H-alpha)
LUNT60, Coronado SM60, BF30,
TEC140 F/7, GS3-U3-28S4M-C
Takahashi EM-400
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A nice AR (12729) not easy to image in HR (low Sun)

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IMAGING SETUPS

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IMAGING SETUPS

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IMAGING SETUPS

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IMAGING SETUPS

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IMAGING SETUPS

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IMAGING SETUPS

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SUN (20181206) HR WL. TEC140 F/7, X4 Powermate, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S5

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SUN (20181206) HR WL. TEC140 F/7, X2 Barlow, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S5

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SUN (20181206) H-alpha DISK & PROMS (11:00 UTC). LUNT60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20181206) H-alpha DISK & PROMS (10:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20181206) H-alpha DISK & PROMS (10:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20181206) CaK PROMS (10:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M

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SUN (20181206) WL, CaK & H-alpha (10:30 UTC). TV101 F/5.4, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3 GS3-U3-28S4M
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Pedro, nice WL images and great astro equipment ...


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Excellent granulation and sunspot images, Pedro !

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Thanks a lot guys (Maurits & Franco)

Maurits: I love my new EM400, excellent tracking and very sturdy


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Lovely! Great convection cells!

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pedro wrote: Thu Dec 06, 2018 4:37 pm Thanks a lot guys (Maurits & Franco)

Maurits: I love my new EM400, excellent tracking and very sturdy
Yes, the EM400 is indeed a very sturdy mount, I have the same and use it many years without problems... :P


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Thanks Maurits, I saw that you have the same mount in your website
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Thanks Marty


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Superb images Pedro!


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Superb images of the AR :bow you should have used the Lunt152 for a nice close up :)

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Thanks Christopher & Alexandra

I will use the LUNT152 soon. I bought recently a APM180mm F/6 (achromatic lens). I plan to use it for HR WL imaging (when the Sun picks up)
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A fine set of images, Pedro. Lots of nice toys to play with too :).

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Thanks a lot Stu


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A great collection to look at there Pedro. That new scope looks great too.


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Thanks Mark

The APM180 will arrive soon (from France), just in time for Xmas

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Hi Pedro...

A superb collection of images and equipment pis too. Well done :bow

Congrats on your new scope...that should give you some great views and images!!!

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Always very nice to see your setup. Nice collection of images. Looking forward to see images from the APM.

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Thanks again guys


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