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Lunt 60 Triple Stack
I finally bought myself another front etalon for my Lunt 60. This gives me the option to double stack with the new one, or triple stack with the new and the old one together. Coupled with the recently purchased Coronado BF15 the views are phenomenal. Tuning wasn't too bad, requiring only a few moments of tweaking and clocking to avoid artefacts.
Here are the results on a Basler acA2440-75um fitted with a 1.5x Barlow (two pane mosaics, heavily overlapped as the disk just fails to fit onto the sensor).
The quadrant was captured on a Basler acA1920-155um with 2.5X Barlow.
First up is the little monster....
Lunt 60 Triple Stack by Stuart Green, on Flickr
Two pane FDs in mono and colour.....
20210327_Ha_TS_FD_2Mosaic_Mono by Stuart Green, on Flickr
20210327_Ha_TS_FD_2Mosaic_colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr
and the quadrant views of the main regions, AR2811 & AR2812.
20210327_Ha_Quadrant_TS by Stuart Green, on Flickr
20210327_Ha_Quadrant_TS_Colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr
I'm VERY pleased with the final results of this setup. Ha FDs have been my nemesis for some time now.
Thanks for looking.
Stu.
Here are the results on a Basler acA2440-75um fitted with a 1.5x Barlow (two pane mosaics, heavily overlapped as the disk just fails to fit onto the sensor).
The quadrant was captured on a Basler acA1920-155um with 2.5X Barlow.
First up is the little monster....
Lunt 60 Triple Stack by Stuart Green, on Flickr
Two pane FDs in mono and colour.....
20210327_Ha_TS_FD_2Mosaic_Mono by Stuart Green, on Flickr
20210327_Ha_TS_FD_2Mosaic_colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr
and the quadrant views of the main regions, AR2811 & AR2812.
20210327_Ha_Quadrant_TS by Stuart Green, on Flickr
20210327_Ha_Quadrant_TS_Colour by Stuart Green, on Flickr
I'm VERY pleased with the final results of this setup. Ha FDs have been my nemesis for some time now.
Thanks for looking.
Stu.
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Well Stu, you made that look easy. Great contrast, details, and nice even illumination across the disk. A winner!
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Hi Stu, those are wonderfully uniform FD images! And the scope is awesome looking.
I'm curious. With my DS Tucson SM90s I have generally found having the tilt-wheels (and therefore tilt angles) 180 degrees apart seems to work best. What "clock setting" orientation do you have for your Lunt front etalons?
I'm curious. With my DS Tucson SM90s I have generally found having the tilt-wheels (and therefore tilt angles) 180 degrees apart seems to work best. What "clock setting" orientation do you have for your Lunt front etalons?
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Excellent ! There are a lot of small size low contrast filaments filament visible here and there.
The view should be great at the eypiece.
The view should be great at the eypiece.
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Great post Stu ,what capture settings are you using for a triple stack setup?.
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Wonder full disc. Did you need an adapter to stack the two front mounted etalons?
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Hi Stu,
That's an interesting set-up with the two DS's, but I'm slightly confused (not that it is difficult for me), but can you confirm please - if your four images were taken with both the DS's, which I assume they are ?
If so, would it be possible to take some images (weather permitting-as usual) with the single DS and the Double DS on your Lunt 60PS.
Bearing in mind that I have the Lunt 60 Ha (non PS) and a DS, it could help me to see what difference I could expect for a similar arrangement that you have shown here...
Many thanks
Terry
That's an interesting set-up with the two DS's, but I'm slightly confused (not that it is difficult for me), but can you confirm please - if your four images were taken with both the DS's, which I assume they are ?
If so, would it be possible to take some images (weather permitting-as usual) with the single DS and the Double DS on your Lunt 60PS.
Bearing in mind that I have the Lunt 60 Ha (non PS) and a DS, it could help me to see what difference I could expect for a similar arrangement that you have shown here...
Many thanks
Terry
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Excellent images and setup, works really well
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Hi Stu,
Excellent contrast gain you have.
Excellent contrast gain you have.
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Great work Stuart! Sharp and very natural looking contrast.
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Very nice work Stu. The images are sharper than I would have expected for all that glass. Nice contrast!
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Hi Bob,Bob Yoesle wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:49 pm Hi Stu, those are wonderfully uniform FD images! And the scope is awesome looking.
I'm curious. With my DS Tucson SM90s I have generally found having the tilt-wheels (and therefore tilt angles) 180 degrees apart seems to work best. What "clock setting" orientation do you have for your Lunt front etalons?
Thanks for your comments. This was my first effort with this setup, so I was just happy to get something out of it that looked okay (no internal reflections etc), so clocking was a little ad hock, I must say.....and with the threat of cloud cover looming I was just grateful to get some Sun time under my belt. I think a more rigorous approach will follow as I get into the swing of this and I'll note the positions more accurately. Gravity also plays a part in that the etalons are pulled (tipped) towards the ground as the threads are loosened (small deviations have a large effect, as we know), so I think the whole thing will change with tracking. I might look into making some form of front mounted stabilisation clamp to get control of this.
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Many thanks, Martin.
The exposure was 11 ms for the triple stack, with just a little gain added. This is just a tad over double that for double stacking (5 ms).
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Hi,torsinadoc wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:02 pm Wonder full disc. Did you need an adapter to stack the two front mounted etalons?
No adapter required. The etalons have the same thread front and rear, so they just screw together.
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Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
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Hi Terry,EGRAY_OBSERVATORY wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:03 pm Hi Stu,
That's an interesting set-up with the two DS's, but I'm slightly confused (not that it is difficult for me), but can you confirm please - if your four images were taken with both the DS's, which I assume they are ?
If so, would it be possible to take some images (weather permitting-as usual) with the single DS and the Double DS on your Lunt 60PS.
Bearing in mind that I have the Lunt 60 Ha (non PS) and a DS, it could help me to see what difference I could expect for a similar arrangement that you have shown here...
Many thanks
Terry
No problem. As you might imagine, I ran both double and triple stacking on the day (triple stacking comprises the internal pressure tuned etalon and two front mounted etalons, as shown in the first photo). Here's a comparison. These comparisons are tricky because etalons have to be retuned/rotated and the capture settings adjusted between the two configurations and there's always that nagging question about how true the comparison can be with all of these 'tweaks'. Anyhow, I tried to optimise for each case. Scudding clouds didn't help...
You should be able to see some extra details in the triple stacked image.
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Wonderful results Stu and a perfect even disk with your triple stack LUNT60. You have a winner combo
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
You've got an excellent combo there that works very well. Good DS TS comparison. Might be worth the experiment of changing the order of the external etalons when time allows and seeing if there is any difference.
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Thanks Stu, have you experimented with binning your camera? and comparing the exposure times.
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
You definitely tamed your nemesis, Stu . Great set up and top images there.
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Very nice indeed! Could TS be the new normal for the disk?
Reminds me why I'm primarily observing prominences with my single stack...
Reminds me why I'm primarily observing prominences with my single stack...
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Re: Lunt 60 Triple Stack
Hi Martin, Good suggestion. No, I haven't tried this yet, but I think the exposure time is quite reasonable.Martin_S wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:36 amThanks Stu, have you experimented with binning your camera? and comparing the exposure times.
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H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
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Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
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