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Sun March 24th
Hello all: I was thrilled this morning to be back for a quick imaging session after three very intense months dealing with my mother's fall and serious spinal injury. The seeing was not great, but good enough for me to get at least one decent image after completely missing AR2736
I am also happy to see that with the weather improving, many solarchatters are out imaging this weekend...
Clear skies to all !
Franco
I am also happy to see that with the weather improving, many solarchatters are out imaging this weekend...
Clear skies to all !
Franco
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Sorry to hear about your mothers fall Franco. It is an excellent image though - taken with your 90mm?
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Franco, hopefully your mother will recover quickly.
Very nice and detailed images.
Very nice and detailed images.
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Re: Sun March 24th
Thank you, Mark and Maurits, for your good wishes. The image was taken with the HaT scope, 0.7 reducer and a newly acquired Solar Spectrum filter. The seeing conditions were certainly not ideal for the HaT, but one image came out OK.
Franco
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Lovely setup Franco! Which solar spectrum etalon did you get in the end?
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Re: Sun March 24th
Franco:
Hope your mother recovers soon.
Very nice images and setup.
Best wishes,
Eric.
Hope your mother recovers soon.
Very nice images and setup.
Best wishes,
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Re: Sun March 24th
Franco,
Nice images from a sweet set-up. Can't wait to see what the HAT 0.3A combo can do on a good day. Hope your mom is doing much better.
Nice images from a sweet set-up. Can't wait to see what the HAT 0.3A combo can do on a good day. Hope your mom is doing much better.
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It's a beauty! On my want list!
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Re: Sun March 24th
Good luck with your mother’s recovery.
Nice images. I’m looking forward to seeing more with that kit.
Stu.
Nice images. I’m looking forward to seeing more with that kit.
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Re: Sun March 24th
Franco,
Great looking images and the equipment is fantastic. Steady skies will be the only requirement. I use a SO 1.5 like yours and am pleased with the performance. I am curious as to the temperature you operate it.
My best wishes to you Mom.
Phil
Great looking images and the equipment is fantastic. Steady skies will be the only requirement. I use a SO 1.5 like yours and am pleased with the performance. I am curious as to the temperature you operate it.
My best wishes to you Mom.
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Re: Sun March 24th
Hi Franco,
sorry to hear about your mother, whish here the best. It's good to see you'r imaging again. That is really a superb setup. If these images are taken under bad seeing, can't wait to see the good ones.
Rgrds,
Paul
sorry to hear about your mother, whish here the best. It's good to see you'r imaging again. That is really a superb setup. If these images are taken under bad seeing, can't wait to see the good ones.
Rgrds,
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Re: Sun March 24th
Excellent images, Franco, a fine setup. May I suggest to shield your mount from direct sunlight, under the Sun it becomes hot, heat goes to the tube and images suffer, particularly in a SC tube. This was my experience when I used a Celestron CGEM.
My best wishes for your mother's recovery.
My best wishes for your mother's recovery.
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Re: Sun March 24th
Thank you Phil, Paul, Raf and Maurits for your comments and kind words.
@Phil: for the time being the filter operates at 38 degrees as it came from the manufacturer. In the field it fluctuated between 37.9 and 38.1 degrees. Have you experimented with other settings ? Last Sunday was the very first time I tried the entire set up for imaging.
Franco
@Phil: for the time being the filter operates at 38 degrees as it came from the manufacturer. In the field it fluctuated between 37.9 and 38.1 degrees. Have you experimented with other settings ? Last Sunday was the very first time I tried the entire set up for imaging.
Franco
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Franco,
38 degrees, interesting. Mine has a 55° spec. and I found that by increasing the temperature a few more degrees the field luminosity is more uniform. These filters hold the set temperature very well. From the looks of your images, in my opinion, you have it set correctly.
Thanks,
Phil
38 degrees, interesting. Mine has a 55° spec. and I found that by increasing the temperature a few more degrees the field luminosity is more uniform. These filters hold the set temperature very well. From the looks of your images, in my opinion, you have it set correctly.
Thanks,
Phil
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Re: Sun March 24th
Sorry to hear about your Mum Franco, I hope she is well on the way to a good recovery now.
The images are amazing, you are very lucky to have a SolarSpectrum
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The images are amazing, you are very lucky to have a SolarSpectrum
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Thank you Alexandra, for your good wishes and kind words..
Believe me I know how lucky I am. I had a to sell a large commercial building to afford this filter
Franco
Believe me I know how lucky I am. I had a to sell a large commercial building to afford this filter
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