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nicosolcy

Yes! Managed to get data for all of July and wrapped it up this morning! Hopefully will produce something nice to commemorate the month! In the meantime (and despite horrible seeing this morning), for today I "over-processed" the images slightly to highlight the differences between the Baa...

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Nice ones Simon! They all have a 3D effect!

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I decided to splurge and also try the Antlia K-Line filter. What can I say? I love the Solar photosphere in all its glory! Labeled 540nm 20230730_082436000_iOS.jpeg 540nm 20230730_082436000_iOS 1.jpeg 430nm 20230730_082436000_iOS 2.jpeg 393nm 20230730_082436000_iOS 3.jpeg I like the subtle differenc...

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Pedro,

I see no “added benefit” or additional detail in the OIII. Perhaps I am missing out, so please do tell - what’s the benefit of OIII imaging at that wavelength given that it straddles between G-Band and Continnum wavelengths?

nicosolcy · Re: Sunspots on 22/7/23 F/D W/L Congrats on SPOD Marios!

Congrats on SPOD Marios!

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As I was scrolling down the Flickr feed, my oohs and aahs increased in intensity sufficiently to cause my cat to jump up!

Beautiful sequence indeed!!!

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Snagged a Lunt 40mm from a German forum because I kinda missed Ha imaging a bit. Still too much I need to learn / re-learn, but had a bit of fun yesterday and the scope has a most excellent etalon that literally needs no tilting and has a massive sweet spot. IMG_2784.jpeg Meanwhile, continuing my st...

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Hi Martha & welcome! I think you should consider another mono camera. The QE response of the 678MC at all wavelengths is shown below. Most of the sensor is wasted on a monochromatic wavelength of 430nm (G-Band) as you can see from the very low response of the Green and Red in that wavelength. Ba...

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Incredible animation!!!

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I so hope GONG Farside is spot on with this one (pun intended). There’s a monster AR incoming apparently. See here https://farside.nso.edu/. Image below:

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Good times now, good times ahead!

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Full disks will do just fine sir!

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Not meaning to rub salt on the wound, but I have been imaging non-stop since June 19th. As of July 1st I have started saving the output of AS3! and will run all TIFFs through a gentle batch processing on IMPPG and a couple of actions on Photoshop and make a nice animation, said animation to be gener...

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Forecast...

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Days like these, I am happy I have photovoltaic panels, as the ACs at home are working overtime...

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I "thanked" your post, but I feel for you bro...

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3363 was already putting on a show, agreed - but I hadn't noticed 3372 till this morning (it being the new kid on the block)

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I did my usual morning run of Continuum and G-Bands and happened to notice at post - processing stage that both 3373 and 3363 have a lot of activity! :hamster: I only use a 77mm aperture, 510mm focal length scope (yes, I drizzle at 1.5x and I use the 183 which has relatively small pixels, but a) sti...

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Nice disks and animation - the last image (inversion) is the most eye catching!

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Awesome shots Petr! The inversions really provide a massive sense of depth to the images!

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Your 4 panel mosaic is always my favorite!

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Teleskop Service states that they get their Quarks checked in the field, sends back those that are not up to par and sells the rest at no additional cost.

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Thanks Clare and Peter! It will be like this until say October and I plan to image non stop. As of July 1st, I also save the AS3! stacked WL and G-Band images and I will endeavor to make a nice movie once the streak is broken :) OTOH, while it is great that we have clear skies here, these skies now ...

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Ugh, it has been really challenging at work the past few days and I skipped on browsing the forums! Nonetheless, I imaged diligently every day (streak is now 26 days long and counting) and today's Sun below in labeled WL / false colored WL / false colored G-Band. Sol 2023.07.13 WL.jpg And I also jus...

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Hi Amit,

Already removed it and replaced it with a ND1.8 filter and happily imaging at zero gain and under 0.5ms exposures at a histogram of 85% - 90%

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Alexandra,

Let’s call it a habit - sounds healthier than “bug”!!!

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A nice capture and the inversion is pretty cool!

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Great images, but Valery is spot on - AR 8 IS the clear winner!

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All good, but that K-band came out really nice! A pity indeed for AR3354, but the new bully on the block will do!

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A size comparison - Earth Vs AR13363. No contest!

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Nice!!!

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Today is day 19 of daily solar imaging. I will try to carry on as much as possible and see what kind of streak I hit in terms of non-stop daily imaging of Sol. Well, AR13363 is here to entertain us! I reckon since we are still quite some time before the peak of this cycle, it can only get better. Be...

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Lovely image Paul!!!!!!

(Hopefully someone will drop a CaK one as well soon!)

nicosolcy · Re: 6.7.23: First light CaK double stack Looks very promising!!!

Looks very promising!!!

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Looks like the Sun is doing us a solid. As soon as 3354 left, this new large one is making an appearance!

Continuum Labeled / Continuum False Colored / G-Band False Colored

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Nice inversions!!!!!!!

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Nice ones Warren - a great way to say goodbye to 3354 with that animation!

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Lovely images, especially the second one and totally worth being SPOD! Congrats!

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BTW, from the 3 sets, I find the ones taken with the larger pixel array of the 533 to be the most aesthetically pleasing.

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To image at your focal length = above average seeing

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My bad, apologies! Had multiple screens open and I misquoted!

A lot happening in 85 minutes for sure

nicosolcy

Excellent results from your first outing with the Quark Calcium! It can only get even better

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Inverted one is more appealing

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Wow Petr! Your location is the king of seeing!

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Nice animation Minh - how long were you collecting data for?

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Lovely images Alexhy - the K Line one is the best of the lot!

nicosolcy · Re: AR3354, Ha and White Light, C8 203 ERF July 2, 2023 Congrats on SPOD!

Congrats on SPOD!

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Not done yet! A tiny bit of AR13354 is still on display

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Lol, not SPOD - that’s Richard’s animation. But still a lot of fun to do this

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Still kind of “romantic” with the clouds and all

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And a quick animation of AR13354 when it begun as 3 lonely spots on the 26th of June, up to this morning

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