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by rsfoto
Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:02 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 5 December active area.
Replies: 12
Views: 188

Re: 5 December acyive area.

Hi,

WOW. Great catch
by rsfoto
Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 2023 12 07 Smoke Signals
Replies: 23
Views: 367

Re: 2023 12 07 Smoke Signals

Hi,

WOW, stunning catch of that huge protuberance
by rsfoto
Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Solar Scope Modifications
Topic: Filter tilting with scroll wheel mechanism
Replies: 3
Views: 146

Re: Filter tilting with scroll wheel mechanism

Hi, Very clever solution. This is the first time I see a tilter like that. I am womdering why nobody came up with the idea earlier :? In order to avoid light leak I have put in my etalon tilter some very thin foam maybe 1mm thick only. In that way I had no rpblem with the tilting mechanism :bow2
by rsfoto
Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:07 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: Andromedid "outburst"???
Replies: 2
Views: 91

Re: Andromedid "outburst"???

Hi Les, Just checked my data and no echoes at that UTC time but astonishingly yesterdy and today I had a huge amount of echoes yesterday and today between 02:00 and 04:00 UTC tine. I am still analyzing my huge amount of echoes but it seems to be true. Mauybe because I am scanning ahuge amount of TV ...
by rsfoto
Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Solar Newton 180/F7 - first photos 30.11.
Replies: 26
Views: 665

Re: Solar Newton 180/F7 - first light 29.11.

Hi,

Excellent machining and well the Sun does what is doest best and that is fool us :mrgreen:

How long did it take to machine all those pockets? Just curiosity...


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by rsfoto
Sun Nov 26, 2023 6:19 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Sun FD in H-Alpha November 24th 2023
Replies: 9
Views: 249

Re: Sun FD in H-Alpha November 24th 2023

Hi Arne,

Beautiful images and great Aurora images
by rsfoto
Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:57 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Full disc 24-11-2023
Replies: 7
Views: 272

Full disc 24-11-2023

Hi, Here some measly and puny images from yesterday. I played a bit with my discs and now I understand the fashion and purpose of inverted images :mrgreen: FullDisc_WL_2023-11-24_Y.jpg FullDisc_WL_2023-11-24.jpg FullDisc_Ha_2023-11-24_Y.jpg FullDisc_Ha_2023-11-24_IY.jpg FullDisc_Ha_2023-11-24_I.jpg ...
by rsfoto
Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:02 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Saturday Sunshine and clouds
Replies: 18
Views: 363

Re: Saturday Sunshine and clouds

Hi Alexandra,

Beautiful images
by rsfoto
Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: SPoD Archive
Topic: Spots galore
Replies: 14
Views: 217

Re: Spots galore

Hi,

Excellent images
by rsfoto
Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Spots galore
Replies: 20
Views: 1045

Re: Spots galore

Hi,

Excellent images
by rsfoto
Sat Nov 25, 2023 4:13 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 5K video and 3TB of data
Replies: 5
Views: 213

Re: 5K video and 3TB of data

He did a wonderful job. I am surprised you liked this one. You are not usually a fan of inverted imagery. James Hi James, I do not like inverted images but it looks like since less then a year it seems to be like "Inverted is the New Black" and it remembers me like a new Way of Life. When...
by rsfoto
Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:23 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: Sol'Ex DIY
Replies: 12
Views: 417

Re: Sol'Ex DIY

Hi,

Something like this and so you can move it for adjusting focus via the window on the cover like thesmiths mentioned. For the holes in the cover you just make some cover plates

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by rsfoto
Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:18 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 5K video and 3TB of data
Replies: 5
Views: 213

Re: 5K video and 3TB of data

I found the same video with an English expalanation

https://vimeo.com/miguelclaro?fbclid=Iw ... 4sSbGPUdi4
by rsfoto
Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:35 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: 5K video and 3TB of data
Replies: 5
Views: 213

5K video and 3TB of data

A bit of Gossip Hi, A friend send me this link https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=874177127206588 Este impresionante time-lapse del Sol fue tomado usando una cámara Player One Saturn-M SQR y un telescopio Lunt LS100. Se capturó un total de 3 TB de datos como resultado de una película solar de alta r...
by rsfoto
Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: Sol'Ex DIY
Replies: 12
Views: 417

Re: Sol'Ex DIY

Hi, Good start and excellent improvement of the Sol'Ex. Especially the way you focus the camera and collimation lenses compared to the original Sol'Ex. That is how it should be from the beginning. A sliding adjustment with 3D printed parts is a real nuisance and you solved it beautifully. I also se...
by rsfoto
Thu Nov 23, 2023 3:04 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: Sol'Ex DIY
Replies: 12
Views: 417

Re: Sol'Ex DIY

Hi, Good start and excellent improvement of the Sol'Ex. Especially the way you focus the camera and collimation lenses compared to the original Sol'Ex. That is how it should be from the beginning. A sliding adjustment with 3D printed parts is a real nuisance and you solved it beautifully. I also see...
by rsfoto
Wed Nov 22, 2023 2:59 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: RMO Radio Meteor Observation
Replies: 4
Views: 230

Re: RMO Radio Meteor Observation

Rainer - I noticed that your demod is in the QRSS3-slow mode. Try a plain CW or SSB mode and see if the high counts go away. Bob Hi Bob, Thank You. The problem is not with ARGO but with SpectrumLab from which I send the signals to colourgramme. Is there a setting in Spectrum lab which might be wron...
by rsfoto
Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:38 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: RMO Radio Meteor Observation
Replies: 4
Views: 230

RMO Radio Meteor Observation

Hi, Interesting behaviour of Meteor showers. After the Leonids peak on November 18th yesterday and today I got huge signals starting at about 10:00 UTC. According to the IMO and e-Zine there are no major peaks for any shower fot hese days. https://www.imo.net/files/meteor-shower/cal2023.pdf https://...
by rsfoto
Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:25 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: Radio Meteor Observation
Replies: 5
Views: 228

Re: Radio Meteor Observation

Well done Rainer and I am glad you are getting signals, it is a shame the other stations have stopped. I have listened to the pings live from a NASA site once and it was really cool. You are lucky as it was cloudy all weekend here so no chance of visual. Alexandra Hi Alexandra, Clouds do not interf...
by rsfoto
Sat Nov 18, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: Radio Meteor Observation
Replies: 5
Views: 228

Re: Radio Meteor Observation

Hi, I just looked through some ARGO images. I save an image every 543 seconds so a iamge depicts a time span of 543 seconds or 9m3s. Peak as predicted by e-zine meteor news was at 7:00 hours local time which is on my images now 13:00 hours UTC time. I changed the PC time in order to comply with the ...
by rsfoto
Sat Nov 18, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: Solar Radio, Magnetometry and Spectroscopy
Topic: Radio Meteor Observation
Replies: 5
Views: 228

Re: Radio Meteor Observation

Hi, Leonids seem to be over and it looks like there was some activity. Below the result of the reference station in USA from Nelson and mine. There are just two RMO stations left in Mexico and those are Aguirre and mine, All other 3 or 4 stations I helped to set up went down the drain... :( I am a l...
by rsfoto
Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:36 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Joining the club of ASI178MM fixed pattern noise
Replies: 19
Views: 553

Re: Joining the club of ASI178MM fixed pattern noise

Hi Danielle, Please upload the RAW video somewhere and so we can analize your RAW material eg video A good place for transferring is wetransfer which accepts free of charge up to 2GB. In case the video is bigger just clip it under 2GB and post the transfer link. I have a friend who also is a Sun ima...
by rsfoto
Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:51 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Full disc 17-11-2023
Replies: 7
Views: 251

Full disc 17-11-2023

Hi, Just testing if I still know how to do this Sol imaging :mrgreen: I did not change the setup to my usual imging for making mosaics. Still with the full disc setup for the failed Partial Solar eclipse of October 14th 2023. Have been too lazy to do anything and also a bit tired... https://rainereh...
by rsfoto
Fri Nov 17, 2023 5:21 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Triple stack with a singe filter - just being silly...
Replies: 9
Views: 303

Re: Triple stack with a singe filter - just being silly...

EdAstle wrote: Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:00 pm daft_idea_1.gif
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Interested lawyers please form an orderly queue :D

As I said - just being silly ;)
You could buy 4 cheap diagonals and test it... https://tinyurl.com/cheap125inch would be about US $ 64.00 plus the whole DIY supports...

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by rsfoto
Fri Nov 17, 2023 5:17 pm
Forum: This is SolarChat !!
Topic: Triple stack with a singe filter - just being silly...
Replies: 9
Views: 303

Re: Triple stack with a singe filter - just being silly...

I'm haunted by another stupidity in my head. On the 150mm refractor, put four tiltable LS40s in front. This would solve the DERF and DSII etalon. The surface would be the same as the LS80, but the angular resolution could be better. The question is what the diffractions from the four etalons would ...