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by rxdeath
Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:38 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: timelapse 6/29 Ha
Replies: 7
Views: 351

timelapse 6/29 Ha

nothing special happened, but was good seeing
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also i tried all the tags, but couldn't embed it from my website so i can host it without burning up server space, is there a good way to do that? youtube murdered the quality so i couldn't put it there, do i have to use certain sites?
by rxdeath
Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:41 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 6/29 good seeing
Replies: 5
Views: 291

Re: 6/29 good seeing

yea the white light shots i was seeing crazy stillness, i honestly thought my program had frozen a few times because it was still with no turbulence. tracking has improved a lot since the 10 micron purchase, but the lack of turbulence was amazing, now i know how some of these people in high altitude...
by rxdeath
Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:21 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: suns 6/25
Replies: 11
Views: 654

Re: suns 6/25

thanks i'll try that tomorrow hopefully
by rxdeath
Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:21 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 6/29 good seeing
Replies: 5
Views: 291

6/29 good seeing

today was probably some of the best seeing i've had in sacramento, i was getting .5-.7 sometimes when taking the closeup spot.

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by rxdeath
Wed Jun 28, 2023 8:04 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: suns 6/25
Replies: 11
Views: 654

Re: suns 6/25

oh i figured you'd have everyone's memorized by now :) its a sv102 raptor, similar in focal length to the lunt 100 depends, sometimes if seeing is good i'll use my 2x powermate for closeups, other times its just a crop. from looking at the resolution, i'm reasonably sure these were with a powermate.
by rxdeath
Wed Jun 28, 2023 9:05 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: suns 6/25
Replies: 11
Views: 654

Re: suns 6/25

same as last time, lunt 100 ds for ha, stellarvue with a baader wedge and lunt cak1800. mount is a 10 micron 1000hps, camera is asi1600 cooled, when not being lazy i use ssm too

if you're asking for more detail or something specific let me know
by rxdeath
Wed Jun 28, 2023 8:59 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: birthday suns 6/27
Replies: 8
Views: 360

birthday suns 6/27

today was my birthday, and i always try and get birthday suns. unfortunately there was wispy clouds and not fabulous seeing for most of the afternoon, my continuum shots were worthless, cak was mediocre, however some of the Ha stuff i'm feeling good about. got some full disk action, and accidentally...
by rxdeath
Mon Jun 26, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: suns 6/25
Replies: 11
Views: 654

Re: suns 6/25

thanks all, i feel like they aren't very good, but i appreciate the positive support. i have tried to barlow route, i wish TV made a telecentric at 1.5 or something...i have all the powermates, but got rid of my barlows a while back...should have kept the 1.8. i was thinking about rotating them to m...
by rxdeath
Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:55 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: suns 6/25
Replies: 11
Views: 654

suns 6/25

honestly didn't give it my all today on both the captures and the processing, but it didnt' turn out terrible. very wobbly again today, this time of year is always tough in california's central valley. since i didn't try very hard today i'm sure there's lots of critiques, but i'm interested if you a...
by rxdeath
Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:58 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: tri band 6/24
Replies: 4
Views: 217

tri band 6/24

nothing special, just some full disks in our favorite 3 bands. threw in a prom pic, seeing was kinda cruddy today, very wobbly

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by rxdeath
Wed Jun 21, 2023 5:48 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: back in action
Replies: 5
Views: 306

Re: back in action

whoops

was having problems forgot all the attachment upload stuff and sizes

raw stack disk
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by rxdeath
Wed Jun 21, 2023 2:59 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: back in action
Replies: 5
Views: 306

back in action

hey all i haven't posted in years, but i'm getting my chops back up for the next year as many of us are doing. just wanted to drop what i did today, and get any critical feedback that can be provided. this forum is very supportive all the time, but i'm really looking to tear it apart so i can optimi...
by rxdeath
Sun Apr 02, 2017 4:46 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: april fools suns
Replies: 2
Views: 765

april fools suns

nothing crazy good, but here's my take, i haven't uploaded in a while and wanted to share. it was noon time so seeing was like looking at the sun through a piece of jello, the ssm was always over 2.3. open in a new tab for full res, they are pretty big, using the asi1600 for wl/cak. i think the 1600...
by rxdeath
Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:12 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: triple band 2016-12-01
Replies: 4
Views: 860

Re: triple band 2016-12-01

well they are different exposure times, but same histogram levels i tried to run the exact same processing on them in imppg and gimp, but i might not have done a good job, i'm not great with ps/gimp yet alexandra: thanks for cak props, it was able toget a 2.5x powermate on it and not have it look li...
by rxdeath
Fri Dec 02, 2016 2:14 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: triple band 2016-12-01
Replies: 4
Views: 860

triple band 2016-12-01

been busy lately but wanted to get out since we are lucky enough to have 3 groups of spots right now. i would love an opinion on which set of white lights looks best in your opinion (pedro knows why but he won't tell) also some cak and i got 1 quick ha. the trees make it difficult this time of year ...
by rxdeath
Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:25 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 100616 -- lots of stuff triple band/fd/spots/pano
Replies: 4
Views: 1260

Re: 100616 -- lots of stuff triple band/fd/spots/pano

yea, i agree, the spots i didn't mind so much, but the discs were horrid.. i swapped them out for mono images :)
by rxdeath
Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:21 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 100616 -- lots of stuff triple band/fd/spots/pano
Replies: 4
Views: 1260

100616 -- lots of stuff triple band/fd/spots/pano

tried to really get my money's worth today with our spots and do some triple banding, some mosaics, and some close ups. most of these you should open in a new tab, but especially the bottom discs that are panos. i like most of it, but the white light looks really overprocessed and grainy, even thoug...
by rxdeath
Sun Oct 02, 2016 6:16 am
Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
Topic: LS100 DSll Circular polarizer adapter.
Replies: 12
Views: 6719

Re: LS100 DSll Circular polarizer adapter.

ok so i took your advice and fortunately the hood was collapsible and i was able to put it down as shown below: IMG_20161001_225950.jpg unfortunately, the focus problem persisted. so i bought a different cp, and that did the trick. i guess the polaroid one was somehow crappy (visually they look exac...
by rxdeath
Sun Oct 02, 2016 5:07 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: large full disc great seeing, close up and a planet
Replies: 1
Views: 838

large full disc great seeing, close up and a planet

finally got some good seeing today and made this mosaic, they are pretty big, please open them in a new tab for the monster version. i also made a timelapse that is really stable, but sadly really boring :( also, here's saturn. i'm not remotely good at night stuff yet, but it was a productive day an...
by rxdeath
Tue Sep 27, 2016 4:08 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 092616 fulldisk and close up
Replies: 1
Views: 648

092616 fulldisk and close up

nothing special on the sun today, but i had some good seeing finally averaged under 2" for a little while this morning and got a nicer full disc. went downhill by the time i got the closeup going but it's ok. i found the spot activity made me have a much darker disk overall to get the detail ou...
by rxdeath
Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:24 pm
Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
Topic: LS100 DSll Circular polarizer adapter.
Replies: 12
Views: 6719

Re: LS100 DSll Circular polarizer adapter.

also, i was thinking, their rg is really just what we are trying to do with a different filter...if you wanted couldn't you just pick out the thread locker, undo the retaining ring on the black tube's filter and replace it with an appropriately sized cp? it says circular PL on the side, and its a po...
by rxdeath
Fri Sep 23, 2016 3:39 pm
Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
Topic: LS100 DSll Circular polarizer adapter.
Replies: 12
Views: 6719

Re: LS100 DSll Circular polarizer adapter.

the good news is i ordreed this and it fit so well that i didn't have to shave anything to fit it in the tube. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007RN5WDS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 however the polaroid circular polarizer i had laying around from my camera kit doesn't allow me ...
by rxdeath
Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:56 am
Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
Topic: LS100 DSll Circular polarizer adapter.
Replies: 12
Views: 6719

Re: LS100 DSll Circular polarizer adapter.

nice i want to try this the glare is incredibly annoying can you post part numbers and manufacturers or links to what you bought? you took off the red glass at the bottom and do this instead?
by rxdeath
Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:03 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: harvets moon iss transit
Replies: 7
Views: 1913

Re: harvets moon iss transit

Thanks, it's probably onlythe 6th picture I've ever taken of the Moon. As I thought about it more through the day I realized this is actually a pretty rare capture compared to a sun transit because the Moon isn't always full and it's also a moving target where is the sun is kind of a steady backdrop...
by rxdeath
Sat Sep 17, 2016 5:06 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Animations of Minor Proms... Worthwhile?
Replies: 11
Views: 2078

Re: Animations of Minor Proms... Worthwhile?

ha, we must think a lot alike because i've been doing the same thing lately. after the last awesome prom, i felt underprepared for good settings and procedure for proms especially timelapse so i've been taking them of smaller ones to see how to adjust the gain and gamma to get the best results for w...
by rxdeath
Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:29 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: harvets moon iss transit
Replies: 7
Views: 1913

harvets moon iss transit

its not the sun but i was pumped to see a lunar transit the night of the harvest moon less than 30 minutes from my house. this is my 3rd successful imaging transit, 4th successful seeing, and first lunar. harvestmoonisstransit.png https://youtu.be/m5UgE4KwzQ0 Taken with Stellarvue Raptor 90, ZWO ASI...
by rxdeath
Wed Sep 14, 2016 3:34 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Dramatic Animation of Prom Collapsing
Replies: 12
Views: 2023

Re: Dramatic Animation of Prom Collapsing

the death of a giant :( rip awesome prom

very nice, i got tricked into looking for AR as well, i would make an 8 hour tl if i could have monday over again
by rxdeath
Wed Sep 14, 2016 3:32 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Featureless Sun
Replies: 15
Views: 3021

Re: Featureless Sun

well the barlow will solve 2 problems at once so its the best option, however you could also try a ND filter (neutral density) or what i use when i do white light is a variable polarizer, they are usually 1-40% and not too expensive. i focus the sun like anything else, it will be completely obvious ...
by rxdeath
Tue Sep 13, 2016 5:28 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Quark focusing problem
Replies: 30
Views: 5569

Re: Quark focusing problem

safety followup: yes, you must follow daystars recommendation of ERF for apertures over 100, my post was made merely regarding focusing, not safety :)
by rxdeath
Tue Sep 13, 2016 5:10 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Featureless Sun
Replies: 15
Views: 3021

Re: Featureless Sun

1. to expand on sc response: you will never get a 'real' Ha picture with a nighttime filter, the bandpass is very high compared to etalons (7nm vs .07nm) almost 100x too wide. also to get the constructive interference that makes the views we expect you need two (near perfect) parallel surfaces separ...
by rxdeath
Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:25 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 60 minute prom timelapse
Replies: 9
Views: 1793

Re: 60 minute prom timelapse

here's the half disc i forgot to post...would have been full disc but misseda strip in the middle and the top and bottom won't attach :(

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by rxdeath
Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:11 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: full disc large resolution
Replies: 6
Views: 1333

full disc large resolution

no good tls today bu did get a reasonable disc, open in a new tab for full size, the click-preview does squat

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by rxdeath
Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:22 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 60 minute prom timelapse
Replies: 9
Views: 1793

Re: 60 minute prom timelapse

here's a really short followup about 4 hours after the first one
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by rxdeath
Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:51 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Sunflowers: An Animation
Replies: 7
Views: 1314

Re: Sunflowers: An Animation

amazing as always, but that past few days have been really exceptional for your timelapses. we didn't get amazing seeing here, still very turbulent. you're a master at photographing halpha so i don't want to take away from that...however i'm tempted to mail you my ssm so you can use it and give us a...
by rxdeath
Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:36 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 60 minute prom timelapse
Replies: 9
Views: 1793

Re: 60 minute prom timelapse

thanks with a rare treat like this i should have made an all day timelapse, but i got sucked into trying to grab some spot action as well. this is the first time i've tried to take a decent prom in closeup mode, the balance between gain,gamma, and exposure are very difficult to achieve. if another o...
by rxdeath
Mon Sep 12, 2016 2:41 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 60 minute prom timelapse
Replies: 9
Views: 1793

60 minute prom timelapse

decided to go for 3 in a row..this was today kind of early before seeing went really bad...my ssm session once again crashed so i have no chart, but it was probably around 2-2.2 average lunt 100 4x PM in retrospect i should have taken off the ds for this i think, and i botched my settings so one 1 p...
by rxdeath
Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:35 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 09/10/16 another timelapse
Replies: 9
Views: 1767

Re: 09/10/16 another timelapse

all- thanks for the kind words, i am eager to see if the 'winter' here brings amazing seeing since it doesn't get so hot. ga- thanks, but do you think i should have stretched it more and gotten it a little darker? mark- yea i use it with both an avx and a cgemdx i think it is much better on the avx,...
by rxdeath
Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:23 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Quark focusing problem
Replies: 30
Views: 5569

Re: Quark focusing problem

very rarely does a 2" diagonal work out for me solar viewing...from my experience, i bet if you put your 1.25 diagonal into the 120, you will be able to achieve focus.
by rxdeath
Sun Sep 11, 2016 4:19 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Seeing Conditions: A Visual Examination
Replies: 13
Views: 1851

Re: Seeing Conditions: A Visual Examination

this is very interesting to see put out, i can't even imagine a perfectly stable image, i'd probably think my computer was frozen i like 4 best on both of them i am rarely above 2, thanks for the scale reference, here's a link to what i think yo'ure talking about https://weather.gc.ca/astro/seeing_e...
by rxdeath
Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:43 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 09/10/16 another timelapse
Replies: 9
Views: 1767

Re: 09/10/16 another timelapse

thanks, here's the session from ssm, it was longer but crashed one time about half way through. the summer is brutal on seeing which is disappointing because it is always clear as can be. today i held out until it was hot enough i couldn't get on band anymore
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by rxdeath
Sun Sep 11, 2016 1:53 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 09/10/16 another timelapse
Replies: 9
Views: 1767

Re: 09/10/16 another timelapse

oh and if you're doing this, imppg is the way to go, this was not even CLOSE to a stable recording and it was pretty breezy, i did NOTHING except tell it to align image sequence and used all the default settings...i wish my hutech was doing a better job but i think it's just crappy conditions. i'm a...
by rxdeath
Sun Sep 11, 2016 1:44 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 09/10/16 another timelapse
Replies: 9
Views: 1767

09/10/16 another timelapse

well seeing was horrid today, but because i know the spots will be out of view i persisted and managed to get nothing out of 400gb of recording, except this timelapse, which was about half the space. 30 second intervals for 1hr, 10 sec exposures, autostakkert,imppg,imppgalign, gimp https://youtu.be/...
by rxdeath
Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:57 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Low activity in AR 2585 (animation)
Replies: 5
Views: 1001

Re: Low activity in AR 2585 (animation)

nice to see a good shot of that filament from another perspective and the animation is flawless as always. i was in san francisco and felt the same way about 'summer'... moved to sacramento and i've seen 2 clouds in 5 months. unfortunately it came with 40C+ temperature in the afternoon so i have to ...
by rxdeath
Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:51 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: full disc and timelapse
Replies: 7
Views: 1481

Re: full disc and timelapse

i think this is better, GA helped with the settings and cropping for this one,thanks for a good program and taking hte time to email me!

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by rxdeath
Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:37 am
Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
Topic: best autofocus software
Replies: 3
Views: 3303

best autofocus software

i just ponied up for a robo focus, but am having trouble getting everything set up. does anyone have a good recommendation for a program they use for this setup? its on a lunt 100, installed with no problem, but having trouble with the software choice and setup.
by rxdeath
Tue Sep 06, 2016 3:10 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: full disc and timelapse
Replies: 7
Views: 1481

Re: full disc and timelapse

i did use imppg to clear up the images but i'll look into the align stack these are 10 second videos every 30 seconds, converted to 1 frame using autostakkert, cleaned up using imppg, and then i used gimp to turn it into an animation. i'm not sure why it would be backwards, i imported them in the co...
by rxdeath
Tue Sep 06, 2016 3:40 am
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: full disc and timelapse
Replies: 7
Views: 1481

full disc and timelapse

these are ok, my first successful timelapse that wasn't horridly uneven or jumpy. does anyone have a good suggestion for how to autoalign hundreds of images in gimp? i don't use photoshop, and i'm sure there's something similar. i currently just use the difference mask and arrow it to the correct sp...
by rxdeath
Fri Aug 26, 2016 9:13 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: G1 Geomagnetic Storm 24th August
Replies: 18
Views: 2597

Re: G1 Geomagnetic Storm 24th August

awe inspiring, thanks for sharing
by rxdeath
Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:56 pm
Forum: Commercial Solar Filters/Cameras/Hardware
Topic: Source for Lunt 100 mounting rings
Replies: 4
Views: 3188

Re: Source for Lunt 100 mounting rings

yes they changed it, i have the 'old' style as well, i can confirm this because i just bought replacement screws for the hinges that broke. i'm not sure if you can get a complete setup anymore or if its all just the new stuff, but faye at lunt would certainly know. i'll also add that i bought a hand...
by rxdeath
Sun Aug 21, 2016 4:45 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: triple transit 081416
Replies: 9
Views: 1481

Re: triple transit 081416

thanks all. fortunately for me summer weather is hot, but almost always 100% clear, not a single cloud. my seeing of course isn't great because of the hot summer climate, but as long as i get out early, it's really nice. also, the spacestation is easy to catch when you have someone else's hard work ...