Hello All.
I'm still exploring the intricacies of spectroheliogram image processing. Here is a comparison of H-alpha and H-beta images (taken on Aug25).
Cheers.
Peter.
H-alpha and H-Beta: More mileage on the SHG Learning Curve.
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Re: H-alpha and H-Beta: More mileage on the SHG Learning Curve.
Hi Peter
great comparison
great comparison
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A great result there Peter!
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Re: H-alpha and H-Beta: More mileage on the SHG Learning Curve.
Great shots Peter
I love these comparisons
Alexandra
I love these comparisons
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Re: H-alpha and H-Beta: More mileage on the SHG Learning Curve.
Hi Walter, Mark and Alexandra.
Thanks for your comments. These images might be a little overprocessed / oversharpened to compensate for a bit of a soft focus in the original videos. I hope to improve this in the future.
I find it interesting that there is a correlation between darker patches in H-beta with the brighter patches in H-alpha. At first I thought there was some kind of problem with my image processing but other spectroheliograms show this as well (Fulvio Mete, for example, http://www.lightfrominfinity.org/VHIRSS ... images.htm). It seems peculiar because both transitions involve absorption from the same lower (n=2) energy level of the H atom (same "excitation energy" for the two absorption transitions). The difference must be related to the lower continuum flux in the blue/violet versus the red.
Cheers.
Peter.
Thanks for your comments. These images might be a little overprocessed / oversharpened to compensate for a bit of a soft focus in the original videos. I hope to improve this in the future.
I find it interesting that there is a correlation between darker patches in H-beta with the brighter patches in H-alpha. At first I thought there was some kind of problem with my image processing but other spectroheliograms show this as well (Fulvio Mete, for example, http://www.lightfrominfinity.org/VHIRSS ... images.htm). It seems peculiar because both transitions involve absorption from the same lower (n=2) energy level of the H atom (same "excitation energy" for the two absorption transitions). The difference must be related to the lower continuum flux in the blue/violet versus the red.
Cheers.
Peter.
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Hi Peter
a very interesting explanantion. I have to look into it closer
a very interesting explanantion. I have to look into it closer
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