High pressure resides over the UK, and with it some clear skies, so this morning I decided to get my 20 minute gap and have a go at taking a picture of old yellow face. The sun briefly passes in a gap between 2 buildings so really was a case of getting set up ready, doing a quick eyeball to check things were on band and then swapping the camera in and shooting some files. Image below is fairly typical of the 'shimmering' live view - welcome to my world of poor seeing!
Fortunately AS3 does miracles, so the stacked image is slightly better...
Ha Full Disk by Mark Townley, on Flickr
No photoshop at the moment, so this is straight out of ImPPG.
My first views of 2018 - less than ideal but better than a poke in the eye
Mark
First Sun of The New Year - 7th January
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Re: First Sun of The New Year - 7th January
Got my first go of the year as well.
Yours looks much better though.
Yours looks much better though.
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Re: First Sun of The New Year - 7th January
Great first light of the new year Mark!!!
Great how the image processing can accomplish a lot even when he capture conditions are less than ideal. Your seeing looks a lot like mine these days too
Brian
Great how the image processing can accomplish a lot even when he capture conditions are less than ideal. Your seeing looks a lot like mine these days too
Brian
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Cambray, ON Canada
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums
10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
C14 + Lunt 80ED
Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM
2.2m Diameter Dome
iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
Orion EON 130ED, f7 OTA for Day & Night Use
Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
ASI1600MM, ASI432MM, ASI294MM Pro, ASI174MM, ASI462MM
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Re: First Sun of The New Year - 7th January
Good to see you managed some time on the Sun this morning, Mark. So challenging for you having to 'thread the needle' to get a view. Similar for me at the moment, what with neighbouring trees and roofs. At least you managed a decent FD.
My 60mm DS Lunt just wouldn't perform today. Very little contrast and focusing was a nightmare. I didn't even pull the trigger, things were so bad, despite the blue. Anyhow, we're on the right side of Christmas for the days to lengthen. Roll-on spring.
Stu.
My 60mm DS Lunt just wouldn't perform today. Very little contrast and focusing was a nightmare. I didn't even pull the trigger, things were so bad, despite the blue. Anyhow, we're on the right side of Christmas for the days to lengthen. Roll-on spring.
Stu.
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Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
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Thanks guys!
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Re: First Sun of The New Year - 7th January
Funny how we all had atrocious conditions yesterday, obviously the weather was not good for solar despite the blue. You did well to get such a good stack, some of mine failed and I didn't even have clouds, so the shimmering must have been exceptional, well done!
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Re: First Sun of The New Year - 7th January
I also get similar seeing conditions sometimes. Usually in improves if you have the patience (and the sky) to wait
AS3 is great, I agree
AS3 is great, I agree
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Re: First Sun of The New Year - 7th January
Mark:
Very good for the seeing conditions.
Best wishes,
Eric.
Very good for the seeing conditions.
Best wishes,
Eric.
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Re: First Sun of The New Year - 7th January
Conditions were poor but the final image is pretty good despite the challenges. I am still on a duck for 2018. Hope things improve for you mark.