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by MapleRidge » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:41 pm
I've been having issues uploading these images...thanks to Stephen for his suggestions...if the images are here they worked :cheer:
Ok, so finally a clear day here with decent seeing and at -8C it is 10 deg warmer than my last two goes at the Sun

. Imaged from my backyard observatory near Cambray, ON Canada.
I have posted a pair of Ha images, each through a Lunt LS80T solar scope, double stacked with a Lunt LS75FHa etalon and a B1200Ha blocking filter. The full disk used a 0.8x telecompressor to give about 450mm of focal length, and the higher res image uses a 2x teleconverter to give me 1,120mm of focal length. The camera is a Lumenera Infinity 2-1M, controlled via Lucam Recorder and processed in Registax.
There were many small scale changes and interactions between groups during the 2 hour window that I was imaging. The large filament was very impressive, and if it holds together for another few days it will make an impressive prominence.
Questions and comments are always welcome,
Brian
Brian Colville
Maple Ridge Observatory
Cambray, ON Canada
Photos:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums
10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
C9.25 Edge + Stellarvue 110, f7 or C14
Deep Sky Work - Canon 60D (Ha mod), SBIG STF8300/FW8, ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI290MM/ASI462+ADC
8' Diameter Dome
MI250 Mount carrying:
iStar 150mm, f8 OTA Modular Setup
Ha configuration: 2xDSII/B1800Ha/Daystar ERF as modded Ha Scope
WL & CaK configuration: Lunt WL Wedge or Modded B1800CaK Wedge
Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha
Daystar Quantum 0.45A SE, Quark Combo Chromosphere,
ASI1600MM, ASI174MM, ASI290MM, PGR Grasshopper Express