Full solar disk 6th Feb 2020

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Full solar disk 6th Feb 2020

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Hi, just testing my new zwo asi 178mm usb3 with my lunt 60mm double stack today. I had used an older 120mm usb2 b4. Not sure why orientation is different from other image's from the 6th that other people have taken.
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Looks good Ella.

I also have to always correct the orientation (when I don't forget that is). I can all vary based on the telescope used, straight through vs diagonal, orientation of the camera etc. All in all, pretty normal.


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Re: Full solar disk 6th Feb 2020

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These are terrific! amazing proms! :hamster: :bow
It is always hard to orientate yourself especially when the Sun is so quiet. Sometimes GONG can help http://halpha.nso.edu/index.html#top

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Hi,

Very good.

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Thanks peps, appreciate your comments.


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Very nice FD with a lot of fine details.


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Hi,

yes orientation can be a "problem". I always try to image straight-thru and place the camera so that north (not suns north, but true north). I have 2 ZWO cams the 120 and the 178 and to get a "correct" image I need to place the 120 with the usb connector upwards, and the 178 downwards. (So sensor is reversed in 1 cam). With a diagonal of course you flip one direction, but in FireCapture you can just flip the image independantly on the axis. (If the cam supports, and ZWO does).

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Very nice images! Well done.


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PDB wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:02 am Hi,

yes orientation can be a "problem". I always try to image straight-thru and place the camera so that north (not suns north, but true north). I have 2 ZWO cams the 120 and the 178 and to get a "correct" image I need to place the 120 with the usb connector upwards, and the 178 downwards. (So sensor is reversed in 1 cam). With a diagonal of course you flip one direction, but in FireCapture you can just flip the image independantly on the axis. (If the cam supports, and ZWO does).

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Thanks Paul, didn't think to flip, will do this in the future.


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Nice set of images !!!

I found that the ZWO camera don't have a common chip/camera body orientation which is a pain.

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Nice shots Ella


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Nice images. As Alexandra says, Gong can be a great help with orientation, whether rotation or ‘flipping’.

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